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What Do I Do Now: Respiratory Symptoms is the first book of its kind to succinctly describe the palliative care approach to patients experiencing respiratory symptoms throughout their illness trajectory. This volume brings together expertise from the fields of nursing, chaplaincy, social work, and psychology to address dyspnea from a palliative care context. Covering patients ranging from pediatric to geriatric, each chapter opens with a case study and provides context for the practical clinical content that follows.
List of contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1. Dyspnea Assessment
- Margaret L. Campbell
- 2. Reducing Dyspnea by Optimizing COPD Treatment
- Miranda Wilhelm and Jennifer Arnoldi
- 3. Treating Chronic Severe COPD Breathlessness
- Lynn F. Reinke, Mary M. Roberts, and Tracy A. Smith
- 4. Dyspnea, COPD, and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- DorAnne Donesky and Julie Howard
- 5. Treating Episodic Breathlessness
- Yvonne Eisenmann and Steffen Simon
- 6. Reducing Episodic Dyspnea in Heart Failure
- Beth B. Fahlberg and Ann S. Laramee
- 7. Dyspnea in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease
- Jennifer Wright and Jessica L. Spruit
- 8. Treating Chronic Dyspnea in Patients with Lung Cancer
- Elizabeth A. Higgins, Susan Ezemenari, and Julia Arana West
- 9. Treading Dyspnea through Reducing Malignant Pleural Effusion
- Christine A. Crader
- 10. Treating Dyspnea in Lung Cancer with Non-invasive Ventilation
- Vittoria Comellini and Stefano Nava
- 11. Palliative Care for Infants with Broncopulmonary Dysplasia
- Christine A. Fortney and Jodi A. Ulloa
- 12. Reducing Dyspnea by Treating Ascites
- Habib A. Khan
- 13. Panting for Breath in End-Stage Dementia
- Hermien W. Goderie-Plomp, Carole Parsons, David R. Mehr, and Jenny T. van der Steen
- 14. Last Days with COPD
- Margaret L. Campbell
- 15. Withdrawal of Invasive Mechanical Ventillation
- Margaret L. Campbell
- 16. Palliative Sedation for Intractable Dyspnea
- Patricia Bramati and Eduardo Bruera
- 17. Sialorrhea in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Mark B. Bromberg
- 18. Death Rattle
- Margaret L. Campbell
About the author
Margaret Campbell is a Professor at Wayne State University College of Nursing. Her research focuses on respiratory symptoms for patients approaching the end of life. She developed the Respiratory Distress Observation Scale for use when patients cannot provide a symptom self-report. This system is now widely used across the U.S. and has been adapted with several non-English translations. She is widely published, serves on journal editorial boards, and reviews manuscripts.
Summary
What Do I Do Now: Respiratory Symptoms is the first book of its kind to succinctly describe the palliative care approach to patients experiencing respiratory symptoms throughout their illness trajectory. Dyspnea, also known as breathlessness, is one of the most difficult symptoms to experience and is also one of the most difficult to treat as the evidence-base for this symptom lags behind other prevalent symptoms, such as pain or nausea.
This volume brings together expertise from the fields of nursing, chaplaincy, social work, and psychology to address dyspnea from a palliative care context. Covering patients ranging from pediatric to geriatric, each chapter opens with a case study and provides context for the practical clinical content that follows.
Additional text
This is a quality, concise textbook that offers evidenced based management of dyspnea and excess secretions. It is not just a palliative focused text but discusses primary care management of diseases such as diuresis for heart failure and inhalers for COPD. It addresses both pediatric and adult illnesses and also touches on challenging topics such as ventilatory withdrawal and palliative sedation for refractory dyspnea.
