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TSANZSRS2018

Friday 23rd - Wednesday 28th March 2018

COPD

Role for low dose opioids in breathlessness

Low dose opioids are often recommended in clinical practice guidelines for the relief of refractory breathlessness in advanced COPD but physicians remain reluctant to prescribe them, an international expert says. Speaking during a TSANZ themed symposia on...

Low dose opioids are often recommended in clinical practice guidelines for the relief of refractory breathlessness in advanced...


COPD

Oxygen no better than medical air for improving exercise capacity

Oxygen therapy during exercise training is no better than medical air in improving exercise capacity and quality of life  in people with COPD, a randomised trial presented at TSANZSRS 2018 reveals.  The findings show that people with COPD who are not...

Oxygen therapy during exercise training is no better than medical air in improving exercise capacity and quality of life  in...


COPD

Too much testing for patients with end stage COPD

COPD patients are being unnecessarily pricked, probed and prodded in their last days of life - sometimes despite clear documentation that palliation was the goal of care. A review of COPD patients who died between 2004 and 2016 found patients typically...

COPD patients are being unnecessarily pricked, probed and prodded in their last days of life - sometimes despite clear documentation...


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