Nature

The Dyspnoea, Obstruction, Smoking, Exacerbation (DOSE) index is predictive of mortality in COPD

The Dyspnoea, Obstruction, Smoking, Exacerbation (DOSE) index was designed to assess disease severity and for the clinical management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but has not been ...
Nature

Weighing up the evidence–a systematic review of measures used for the sensation of breathlessness in obesity

During the past century our understanding of the sensation of breathlessness has evolved from a simple model of respiratory center stimulation (neurochemical model), to the recognition that receptors ...
Medscape

'I Feel Like I'm Suffocating' -- Defining the Experience of Breathlessness

Episodic breathlessness is a common and distressing symptom in patients with advanced disease. However, breathlessness is not yet clearly defined. The aim of this project was to develop an ...
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Randomized Controlled Trial of a Nurse-Led Brief Behavioral Intervention for Dyspnea in Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer

Utility of the 70-Gene MammaPrint Assay for Prediction of Benefit From Extended Letrozole Therapy in the NRG Oncology/NSABP B-42 Trial Patients with advanced lung cancer reporting at least moderate ...
Medscape

Measuring the Dyspnea of Decompensated Heart Failure With a Visual Analog Scale: How Much Improvement Is Meaningful?

Patients presenting to the emergency department with heart failure are evaluated based on the subjective sensation of dyspnea. In this study, the authors sought to determine the change in dyspnea, ...