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A worsening dyspnea [PDF]

open access: yesQJM, 2008
A 52-year-old postmenopausal woman presented because of a progressive dyspnea, non-productive cough and right side chest pain that worsened with deep inspiration. She had a history of breast carcinoma 2 years earlier and subsequent left segmental mastectomy, axillary dissection, adjuvant chemotherapy and local radiotherapy (RT).
N, Mumoli, M, Cei, F, Marrelli
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COVID-19 pneumonia; predictors of severity and outcome in Erbil city hospitals

open access: yesZanco Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background and objective: Corona infections disease nowadays is one of the major burden on national health institutes. The aim of the study is to identify the parameters that can predict the mortality in moderate to severely ill COVID-19 infected ...
Halgurd Fathulla Ahmed, Zahir Hussein
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Psychogenic dyspnea

open access: yesMedical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2013
Dyspnea is a very common presenting complaint of a patient. Though commonly due to an organic disease, dyspnea can be a manifestation of underlying anxiety disorder. Three typical patterns of psychogenic dyspnea, viz.
Tushar R Sahasrabudhe
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Comparison between thermodilution and Fick methods for resting and exercise‐induced cardiac output measurement in patients with chronic dyspnea

open access: yesPulmonary Circulation, 2022
Studies comparing thermodilution (TD) and the direct Fick method (dFM) for cardiac output (CO) measurement are rare. We compared CO measurements between TD (2–5 cold water injections), the dFM, and indirect Fick method (iFM) at rest and during exercise ...
Susanna Desole   +8 more
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Mechanisms of Dyspnea [PDF]

open access: yesChest, 2010
The mechanisms and pathways of the sensation of dyspnea are incompletely understood, but recent studies have provided some clarification. Studies of patients with cord transection or polio, induced spinal anesthesia, or induced respiratory muscle paralysis indicate that activation of the respiratory muscles is not essential for the perception of ...
Nausherwan K, Burki, Lu-Yuan, Lee
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Unexplained Dyspnea [PDF]

open access: yesMayo Clinic Proceedings, 1994
Dyspnea is a common symptom that is difficult to define and can result from a wide variety of causes. This complex sensation that arises from multiple stimuli involves both subjective perceptions and objective reactions. In the assessment of patients with dyspnea, use of a systematic approach to determine the precipitating factors and the degree of ...
D J, Gillespie, B A, Staats
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Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in university field hockey athletes: Prevalence, sex differences, and associations with dyspnea symptoms

open access: yesFrontiers in Allergy, 2022
IntroductionExercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) is a prevalent condition in athletes. EIB screening studies identify many athletes with undiagnosed EIB.
Robert S. Needham   +4 more
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Comparison of Predictive Properties between Tools of Patient-Reported Outcomes: Risk Prediction for Three Future Events in Subjects with COPD

open access: yesDiagnostics, 2023
Background: Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures must be evaluated for their discriminatory, evaluative, and predictive properties. However, the predictive capability remains unclear.
Koichi Nishimura   +5 more
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Can high-frequency transthoracic sonography play a competitive role with high-resolution computed tomography in the assessment of dyspnea?

open access: yesEgyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2022
Background Transthoracic ultrasound (TUS) can potentially give important complementary information in particular conditions like bedside rapid diagnostic evaluation of dyspneic patients who commonly present to emergency (ER) units.
Gamal Agmy   +3 more
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Prevalence of dyspnea and its associated factors in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

open access: yesIndian Journal of Respiratory Care, 2019
Background: Dyspnea is highly distressing experience of breathlessness that limits the activities of daily living and affects an increasingly large group of patients with respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Sita Sharma, Pramod Sharma
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