Experience of morphine therapy for refractory dyspnea as palliative care in advanced heart failure patients.

CONCLUSIONS: This single-center retrospective study revealed the clinical practice of morphine therapy and suggested that morphine therapy might be feasible for refractory dyspnea as palliative care in advanced HF patients.
PMID: 32061472 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Cardiology - February 11, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kawaguchi J, Hamatani Y, Hirayama A, Nishimura K, Nakai E, Nakamura E, Miyata M, Kawano Y, Takada Y, Anchi Y, Funabashi S, Kuroda K, Azechi M, Takahama H, Anzai T, Yasuda S, Kitaoka H, Izumi C Tags: J Cardiol Source Type: research