Usefulness of the modified 0-10 Borg scale in assessing the degree of dyspnea in patients with COPD and asthma

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 216-222

  Kendrick, Karla R ^a,b   Baxi, Sunita C ^a,c,d   Smith, Robert M ^a,c,d  

^a Vet Admin S Diego Hlthcare Syst ^*  (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Veterans Administration   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE;

EID: 0034200397     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/men.2000.107012     Document Type: Article

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