Mouthpiece ventilation in the management of dyspnea: A single-arm pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Noninvasive ventilation may relieve dyspnea in advanced diseases, but noninvasive ventilation through mouthpiece has not been tested in palliative care.

Aim

To assess the feasibility of mouthpiece ventilation in relieving dyspnea among patients with advanced disease.

Design

In this prospective single-arm pilot study, the change in dyspnea by mouthpiece ventilation was measured with numeric rating scale (0-10) and 100-mm visual analogue scale. Overall, benefit and adverse events of the therapy were also assessed.

Setting/participants

Twenty-two patients with an advanced disease and dyspnea from the Tampere University Hospital or Pirkanmaa Hospice were treated with mouthpiece ventilation. The patients used mouthpiece ventilation as long as they preferr

SUBMITTER: Lehto JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7495670 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature