Table 3 Physician-perceived effects and timing of opioid use for dyspnea and the timing of EOLd in patients with AE-IPF.
From: End-of-life care for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients with acute exacerbation
Opioids use n = 361 | |
|---|---|
Physician- perceived effects of opioids | Â |
Not effective at all | 1(0.3) |
Very little effect | 14 (3.9) |
A little effective | 118 (32.7) |
Effective | 169 (46.8) |
Very effective | 48 (13.3) |
Unevaluable | 11 (3.0) |
Physician-perceived timing when opioids were started | Â |
Too late | 8 (2.2) |
late | 102 (28.3) |
Appropriate | 249 (69.0) |
Early | 0 |
Too early | 0 |
Missing | 2 (0.5) |
End-of-life discussion n = 536* | |
Physician-perceived timing of end-of-life discussions | Â |
Too late | 21 (3.9) |
late | 174 (32.5) |
Appropriate | 334 (62.3) |
Early | 1 (0.2) |
Too early | 0 |
Missing | 6 (1.1) |