Measuring shortness of breath in heart failure (SOB-HF): Development and validation of a new dyspnoea assessment tool

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 838-845

  Ekman, Inger ^a,e   Granger, Bradi ^b   Swedberg, Karl ^a,e   Stenlund, Hans ^c,d   Boman, Kurt ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Skelleftea County Hospital   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Questionnaire; Symptoms; Validation

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 79961107723     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: 18790844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfr062     Document Type: Article

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