Old and new tools to assess dyspnea in the hospitalized patient.
Curr Heart Fail Rep
; 10(3): 204-11, 2013 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-23761063
ABSTRACT
In the assessment of dyspnea one has to take into account both the patient's own experience of the symptom and the clinicians observations of breathing rates, sounds and effort to get a complete picture. In addition, to choose appropriate treatment, the underlying cause of dyspnea needs to be assessed. While tools for clinical evaluation of heart failure have gained great interest in research and found a place in guidelines and clinical practice, the same cannot be said for instruments to assess patient self-reported dyspnea. To date, no specific dyspnea rating tool has been recommend over another. Reports from clinical practice are lacking and large; international studies in this field are warranted.
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Disnea
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Insuficiencia Cardíaca
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
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Humans
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En
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2013
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