End-of-life care in oxygen-dependent ILD compared with lung cancer: a national population-based study

2016118 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Zainab Ahmadi · Lund University

Nicholas G. Wysham · Duke University

Staffan Lundström · Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research

Christer Janson · Uppsala University

David C. Currow · Flinders University

Magnus Ekström · Flinders University

Abstract

Patients with ILD receive poorer access to specialist EOL care services and experience more breathlessness than patients with lung cancer. This study highlights the need of better EOL care in oxygen-dependent ILD.

Topics & Keywords

Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Neonatal Respiratory Health Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Thorax

Volume 71, Issue 6, pp. 510-516

DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207439

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