Revue des maladies respiratoires
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Rev Mal Respir
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
[Dyspnea and morphine aerosols in the palliative care of lung cancer].
To evaluate the effectiveness of morphine aerosols in the treatment of dyspnoea in the palliative care of patients with lung cancer. ⋯ The fact that both aerosols lead to a similar improvement in dyspnoea scores suggests that humidification of the airways rather than a pharmacological action may be beneficial in the treatment of dyspnoea in terminally ill patients.
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Granulomatous pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) is a rarity whose presentation may be misleading. ⋯ Although infrequent, granulomatous PCP should be recognised because in this situation the standard investigation (BAL) may be negative. New, more sensitive, methods of investigation such as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) may permit earlier diagnosis.