Session information
- Title:
- Managing excessive respiratory secretions
- Description:
- This session looks at excessive respiratory secretions in the last days of life; what causes them as well as an integrated approach to their management and their impact on those close to the patient. This session was reviewed by Richard Kitchen and last updated in June 2021.
- Hierarchy:
- Acute Medicine (ACUMEN) (eIntegrity) > ACUMEN_Knowledge (OLD now empty course) > Palliative Care > Managing excessive respiratory secretions
- Author(s):
-
Richard Hillier
- Created:
- 15 Jan 2010
- Last Major Update:
- 1 Jul 2021
- Keywords:
- 215-0424, respiratory secretions, death rattle, dying, reposition, suction, hyoscine butylbromide, hyoscine hydrobromide, glycopyrronium.
- Quicklink:
- 215-0424
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Content
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4.6/5
Presentation
4.6/5
4.6/5
Interactivity
4.6/5
4.6/5
Self assessments
4.6/5
4.6/5
- Title:
- Managing excessive respiratory secretions
- Description:
- This session looks at excessive respiratory secretions in the last days of life; what causes them as well as an integrated approach to their management and their impact on those close to the patient. This session was reviewed by Richard Kitchen and last updated in June 2021.
- Hierarchy:
- Acute Medicine (ACUMEN) (eIntegrity) > ACUMEN_Knowledge (OLD now empty course) > Palliative Care > Managing excessive respiratory secretions
- Author(s):
-
Richard Hillier
- Created:
- 15 Jan 2010
- Last Major Update:
- 1 Jul 2021
- Keywords:
- 215-0424, respiratory secretions, death rattle, dying, reposition, suction, hyoscine butylbromide, hyoscine hydrobromide, glycopyrronium.
- Quicklink:
- 215-0424