All Outputs (15)

Invisibility of breathlessness in clinical consultations: a cross-sectional, national online survey (2022)
Journal Article
Kochovska, S., Chang, S., Ferreira, D., Brunelli, V. N., Luckett, T., Morgan, L., …Currow, D. C. (2022). Invisibility of breathlessness in clinical consultations: a cross-sectional, national online survey. European respiratory journal, 60(5), Article 2201603. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01603-2022

Breathlessness diminishes the physical, mental and social wellbeing of people living long-term with this disabling symptom [1]. Identifying its impacts on patients and their families helps to inform appropriate non-pharmacological and pharmacological... Read More about Invisibility of breathlessness in clinical consultations: a cross-sectional, national online survey.

Comment on Moody: ‘“Advance” Care Planning Re‐envisioned’ (2021)
Journal Article
Bradshaw, A., Bayly, J., Penfold, C., Lin, C., Oluyase, A. O., Hocaoglu, M. B., …Koffman, J. (in press). Comment on Moody: ‘“Advance” Care Planning Re‐envisioned’. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17058

Minimal clinically important differences for Dyspnea-12 and MDP scores are similar at 2 weeks and 6 months: follow-up of a longitudinal clinical study (2020)
Journal Article
Ekström, M., Bornefalk, H., Sköld, C. M., Janson, C., Blomberg, A., Sandberg, J., …Sundh, J. (2021). Minimal clinically important differences for Dyspnea-12 and MDP scores are similar at 2 weeks and 6 months: follow-up of a longitudinal clinical study. European respiratory journal, 57(3), https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02823-2020

Chronic breathlessness is a dominating symptom that restricts daily life for many people with cardiorespiratory disease [1]. Different dimensions of the symptom, such as the intensity, sensory qualities (SQs) and emotional responses, can be assessed... Read More about Minimal clinically important differences for Dyspnea-12 and MDP scores are similar at 2 weeks and 6 months: follow-up of a longitudinal clinical study.

Low agreement between mMRC rated by patients and clinicians: Implications for practice (2019)
Journal Article
Ekstrom, M., Chang, S., Johnson, M. J., Fazekas, B., Kochovska, S., Huang, C., & Currow, D. C. (2019). Low agreement between mMRC rated by patients and clinicians: Implications for practice. European respiratory journal, 54(6), Article 1901517. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01517-2019

Authors' Response (2019)
Journal Article
Swan, F., English, A., Allgar, V., Hart, S. P., & Johnson, M. J. (2019). Authors' Response. Journal of pain and symptom management, 58(2), e2-e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.03.009

Patients’ views on care and their association with outcomes in palliative care (2019)
Journal Article
Pinto, C., Firth, A. M., Groeneveld, E. I., Guo, P., Sykes, N., & Murtagh, F. E. (2019). Patients’ views on care and their association with outcomes in palliative care. Palliative medicine, 33(4), 467-469. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216319831383

When patients face advanced illness, their experience of care is especially important. In palliative care, we often rely on the accounts of bereaved relatives to report the quality of end-of-life care, and there are no validated patient-reported meas... Read More about Patients’ views on care and their association with outcomes in palliative care.

Acute-on-chronic breathlessness: recognition and response (2019)
Journal Article
Hutchinson, A., Johnson, M. J., & Currow, D. (2019). Acute-on-chronic breathlessness: recognition and response. Journal of pain and symptom management, 57(5), e4-e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.01.012

Statistical compared to clinical significance and the risk of misattribution (2018)
Journal Article
Ekström, M., Johnson, M. J., & Currow, D. C. (2018). Statistical compared to clinical significance and the risk of misattribution. European respiratory journal, 52(5), Article 1801723. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01723-2018

Response to “Hyoscine Butylbromide for the Management of Death Rattle: Sooner Rather Than Later” (2018)
Journal Article
Boland, J. W., Johnson, M., & Currow, D. (2019). Response to “Hyoscine Butylbromide for the Management of Death Rattle: Sooner Rather Than Later”. Journal of pain and symptom management, 57(3), e12-e13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.11.018

CAMERA - complete assessment of elderly patients with cancer: A non-randomised feasibility study (2018)
Journal Article
Jackson, G., Gabe, R., Johnson, M., Date, K., Harman, D., Maraveyas, A., …Lind, M. J. (2019). CAMERA - complete assessment of elderly patients with cancer: A non-randomised feasibility study. Journal of Geriatric Oncology, 10(1), 175-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2018.07.005

One of the primary risk factors in the development of cancer is older age. The demographic shift to an ageing population has given rise to an increased number of older patients with cancer. The extreme heterogeneity within this population renders app... Read More about CAMERA - complete assessment of elderly patients with cancer: A non-randomised feasibility study.

The strength of evidence: low dose morphine for chronic breathlessness (2018)
Journal Article
Currow, D. C., Ekström, M., & Johnson, M. J. (2018). The strength of evidence: low dose morphine for chronic breathlessness. Internal Medicine Journal, 48(1), 102-103. https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.13660

One evidence base; three stories: do opioids relieve chronic breathlessness? (2017)
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Ekstrom, M., Currow, D. C., Johnson, M. J., Ekström, M., Bajwah, S., Bland, J. M., …Johnson, M. (2018). One evidence base; three stories: do opioids relieve chronic breathlessness?. Thorax, 73(1), 88-90. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209868

Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/. The efficacy of low-dose systemic opioids for chronic br... Read More about One evidence base; three stories: do opioids relieve chronic breathlessness?.

The independent association of overweight and obesity with breathlessness in adults: a cross-sectional, population-based study (2017)
Journal Article
Currow, D. C., Dal Grande, E., Sidhu, C., Ekström, M., & Johnson, M. J. (2017). The independent association of overweight and obesity with breathlessness in adults: a cross-sectional, population-based study. European respiratory journal, 50(3), Article 1700558. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00558-2017

Obesity is an independent risk factor for chronic breathlessness and should be assessed in people with this symptom.

Invisible suffering : breathlessness in and beyond the clinic—a reply (2015)
Journal Article
Hutchinson, A., Booth, S., Currow, D., Higginson, I., & Johnson, M. (2015). Invisible suffering : breathlessness in and beyond the clinic—a reply. The lancet. Respiratory medicine, 3(8), e29. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600%2815%2900232-5

Letter

Re: Asia, Australia and New Zealand Dyspnoea in Emergency Departments (AANZDEM) study: Rationale, design and analysis: Letters to the Editor (2015)
Journal Article
Currow, D. C., Hutchinson, A., & Johnson, M. J. (2015). Re: Asia, Australia and New Zealand Dyspnoea in Emergency Departments (AANZDEM) study: Rationale, design and analysis: Letters to the Editor. Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA, 27(5), 498-499. https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.12429