Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2017, 53(1) 33-39
Collier, Aileen; Breaden, Katrina; Phillips, Jane L; Agar, Meera; Litster, Caroline; Currow, David C
The benefits of long-term oxygen therapy are often overestimated and its potential harms are underestimated. The authors argue that caregivers should be provided with opportunities to collaborate with clinicians in evidence-based decision making and efforts should be made to provide them with information and education about the most effective pharmacological and nonpharmacological strategies to manage refractory breathlessness in a palliative care setting, including the appropriate use of LTOT, to enable them to do so.