The Use of Intranasal Fentanyl for the Palliation of Incident Dyspnea in Advanced Congestive Heart Failure: A Pilot Study
Dyspnea is distressing in palliative patients with end-stage heart failure and many are hospitalized to optimize this symptom. We hoped to conduct a pilot study to determine whether the administration of intranasal fentanyl would decrease activity-induced dyspnea in this patient population.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Jana Pilkey, Allison Pedersen, James W. Tam, Amrit Malik, Jonathan Wong Source Type: research
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