Journal of Palliative MedicineVol. 15, No. 8 Special ReportPathophysiologies of Dyspnea Explained: Why Might Opioids Relieve Dyspnea and Not Hasten Death?James HallenbeckJames HallenbeckSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:31 Jul 2012https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2011.0167AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail View articleFiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byNursing children and young peopleEnd-of-life and palliative care in paediatric care settingsRefraktäre Dyspnoe bei fortgeschrittener COPD: Palliative Therapie mit Opioiden16 April 2021 | Geriatrie up2date, Vol. 3, No. 02Association between opioid dose escalation and time to death in a comfort measures only population16 October 2020 | American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, Vol. 78, No. 3Management of Respiratory Symptoms in Those with Serious IllnessMedical Clinics of North America, Vol. 104, No. 3Symptom Burden and End-of-Life Palliative Treatments during the Last Two Weeks of Life in Patients with Advanced Musculoskeletal Sarcoma Hiroyuki Kawashima, Takashi Ariizumi, Tetsuro Yamagishi, Akira Ogose, Miho Ikoma, Tetsuo Hotta, and Naoto Endo1 August 2019 | Journal of Palliative Medicine, Vol. 22, No. 8From Tramadol to MethadoneThe Clinical Journal of Pain, Vol. 35, No. 6Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Patients with MalignancyClinics in Chest Medicine, Vol. 38, No. 2Palliative care: Medicines for actively dying patients without painNurse Prescribing, Vol. 14, No. 7Cancer in the elderlyOpioids for treating dyspnoea in patients with chronic heart failure4 April 2016 | Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Vol. 28Intravenous Fentanyl for Dyspnea at the End of Life25 November 2014 | American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Vol. 33, No. 3Pharmacologic Management Strategies in ALS #301 Kristin Scott, Robert Shannon, Alva Roche-Green, Randi Searcy, Gerard Woolyhand, Gavin Meeks, and Michael Schuh19 February 2016 | Journal of Palliative Medicine, Vol. 19, No. 3Supportive and Palliative Care and Issues in Cardio-oncologyHeart Failure in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care: Evidence and Strategies to Improve Transitions, Clinical Care, and Quality of LifeJournal of the American Medical Directors Association, Vol. 16, No. 10Palliative Care in Advanced Lung DiseaseChest, Vol. 148, No. 3Morphine and children: An Australian perspective31 March 2015 | Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Vol. 51, No. 5Treating dyspnea with morphine sulfate in nonverbal children with neurological impairment2 December 2014 | Pediatric Pulmonology, Vol. 50, No. 4Characteristics of Belgian "life-ending acts without explicit patient request": a large-scale death certificate survey revisited2 December 2014 | CMAJ Open, Vol. 2, No. 4Managing breathlessness in advanced disease2 June 2014 | Clinical Medicine, Vol. 14, No. 3Opioids for treating dyspnoea in patients with chronic heart failure17 February 2014Oxygen for end-of-life lung cancer care: managing dyspnea and hypoxemia9 January 2014 | Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, Vol. 7, No. 5The Science and Ethics of Withdrawing Mechanical Positive Pressure Ventilatory Support in the Terminally Ill Mohamed Y. Rady and Joseph L. Verheijde22 July 2013 | Journal of Palliative Medicine, Vol. 16, No. 8Palliation of Nonpain SymptomsHospital Medicine Clinics, Vol. 2, No. 3Dyspnea Can Be, and Should Be, Effectively Palliated with Opioids Paul B. Bascom13 May 2013 | Journal of Palliative Medicine, Vol. 16, No. 5Pathophysiologies of Dyspnea Explained: Why Might Opioids Relieve Dyspnea and Not Hasten Death? Miguel Ángel Cuervo Pinna14 January 2013 | Journal of Palliative Medicine, Vol. 16, No. 1Alleviating Dyspnea and Possible Biologic Mechanisms Mohamed Y. Rady and Joseph L. Verheijde7 September 2012 | Journal of Palliative Medicine, Vol. 15, No. 10End-stage respiratory diseases and respiratory support Volume 15Issue 8Aug 2012 InformationCopyright 2012, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:James Hallenbeck.Pathophysiologies of Dyspnea Explained: Why Might Opioids Relieve Dyspnea and Not Hasten Death?.Journal of Palliative Medicine.Aug 2012.848-853.http://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2011.0167Published in Volume: 15 Issue 8: July 31, 2012Online Ahead of Print:May 17, 2012PDF download