Palliative Care and Interventional Pulmonology.

Related Articles Palliative Care and Interventional Pulmonology. Clin Chest Med. 2018 03;39(1):57-64 Authors: Ali MS, Sorathia L Abstract Since pulmonary pathologies, such as lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are some of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality around the world, pulmonologists are likely to encounter patients with unmet palliative care needs. This article focuses on the symptoms and complications encountered by patients with terminal pulmonary conditions, briefly describes the non-interventional palliative strategies, and then discusses more advanced therapies available in the realm of interventional pulmonology. Most of the literature discussed here is derived from patients with…
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