A lack of appetite, weight loss and nutritional deficiencies are common in people with advanced progressive disease. However, it’s often dismissed by clinicians as an expected consequence.
Research in this area will help identify at-risk patients and provide preventive management strategies says Mariana Sousa, PaCCSC and UTS Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
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Chronic breathlessness is a distressing symptom that can affect all aspects of a person’s life. But simply asking a patient, ‘Are you breathless?’ may not work.
Clinicians can have real, connected conversations with their patients to find out how breathlessness is really affecting their lives. Find out how with Mary Roberts, Clinical Nurse Consultant in Respiratory Medicine at Westmead Hospital and graduate of the UTS Master of Palliative Care.
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Professor Miriam Johnson, Director of Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, and Adjunct Professor at IMPACCT, UTS was in Sydney this month to talk all things #Breathlessness. This persistent symptom can be frightening and prevent people from taking part in everyday activities.
Chronic breathlessness is not inevitable. Clinical trials have shown that this is not the case. There are interventions that can help people cope better with breathlessness and live better through illness. Professor Johnson shares techniques clinicians can use to help patients to live with breathlessness on video below.