Control of ventilation, breathlessness perception and alexithymia in near-fatal asthma

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 639-644

  Plaza, Vicente ^a   Giner, Jordi ^a   Picado, Cesar ^b   Sureda, Barbara ^b   Serrano, Jose ^a   Casan, Pere ^a   De Pablo, Joan ^b   Sanchis, Joaquin ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Asthma: Near fatal Asthma; Breathlessness; Control of ventilation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOUTH OCCLUSION PRESSURE; NEAR FATAL ASTHMA; PERCEPTION; PRICK TEST; RATING SCALE; REBREATHING; RESPIRATION CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ASTHMA; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEATH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SICK ROLE; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 33750083884     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900600878990     Document Type: Article

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