Noninvasive Oxygen Therapy Eases Final Hours, Days For Lung Cancer Patients
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 11:28
in Health & Medicine
For patients with end-stage lung cancer, noninvasive ventilation may be more effective at reducing breathing difficulty than standard oxygen therapy, and has the added advantage of reducing patients' reliance on morphine, thus improving lucidity in their final days, according to new research. For patients at this stage, even small comforts can be the difference between a peaceful or an agonizing death.
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