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Dyspnea: How to Assess and Palliate Dyspnea (Air-Hunger)

 

 

Authors

Khin Zaw, MD, Content Expert
Hospice Program, Miami VA Healthcare System
Assistant Clinical Professor, Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program,
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Dr. Zaw earned his medical degree from the Institute of Medicine (2), Rangoon, Burma. He completed a residency in internal medicine at St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, New York, a fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine at VA Hospice & Palliative Care Center, VAPAHCS, Palo Alto, California and a fellowship in geriatrics at Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.

http://irt-publish.stanford.edu/live/summitweb/ianatomy/

VS Periyakoil, MD, Senior Author
Associate Director, Palliative Care Fellowship Program
VA Hospice & Palliative Care Center, VAPAHCS,
Assistant Clinical Professor, Stanford University

Dr. Periyakoil earned her medical degree from the University of Madras, Madras, India. She completed a residency in internal medicine at San Joaquin General Hospital in Stockton, Calif., and a fellowship in geriatrics at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Pulmonary Consultants

R. Chitkara, MB, MD
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
VAPAHCS PCCM
3801 Miranda Ave-111P
Palo Alto, CA 94304

Priscilla S.A. Sarinas, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
VAPAHCS PCCM and Sleep Medicine
3801 Miranda Ave-111P
Palo Alto, CA 94304

Web Editor

Susan Anderes, MLIS

2006-11-16 Update