Dyspnea: Mechanisms, assessment, and management: A consensus statement

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 321-340

  Meek, Paula M ^a   Schwartzstein, Richard M ^a   Adams, Lewis ^a   Altose, Murray D ^a   Breslin, Eileen H ^a   Carrieri Kohlman, Virginia ^a   Gift, Audrey ^a   Hanley, Mary V ^a   Harver, Andrew ^a   Jones, Paul W ^a   Killian, Kieran ^a   Knebel, Ann ^a   Lareau, Suzanne C ^a   Mahler, Donald A ^a   O'Donnell, Denis ^a   Steele, Bonnie ^a   Stuhlbarg, Michael ^a   Titler, Marita ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING MUSCLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISABILITY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EID: 0032943991     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.1.ats898     Document Type: Review

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