Nature

How do dyspnoea scales compare with measurement of functional capacity in patients with COPD and at risk of COPD?

In primary care, formal functional capacity testing is not always feasible. Guidelines for family practitioners suggest the use of dyspnoea scales to assess exercise tolerance in patients with chronic ...
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 ...
Nursing Times

Evaluating tools that can be used to measure and manage breathlessness in chronic disease

Janelle Yorke, PhD, MRes, PGCE, RGN is lecturer/researcher; Cath Savin, MA, HV, RGN, is lecturer; both at School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Salford, Manchester. Yorke J, Savin C (2010) ...
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, ...
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 ...