Episodic and continuous breathlessness: A new categorization of breathlessness

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1019-1029

  Simon, Steffen T ^a,b,c   Higginson, Irene J ^a   Benalia, Hamid ^a   Gysels, Marjolein ^a   Murtagh, Fliss E M ^a   Spicer, James ^a   Bausewein, Claudia ^a,c,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Institute of Palliative Care   (Germany)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breathlessness; categorization; continuous; dyspnea; episodic

Indexed keywords

PERFUME; VINEGAR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGED; ANEMIA; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHEST INFECTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; CLIMBING; CONTINUOUS BREATHLESSNESS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUST; DYSPNEA; EPISODIC BREATHLESSNESS; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXCITEMENT; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GARDENING; HEART FAILURE; HEAT; HUMAN; INDIAN; INTERVIEW; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LIFTING EFFORT; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUCUS; NERVOUSNESS; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PANIC; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLLEN; POWDER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SMOKING; STANDING; STRESS; STRETCHING; WALKING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; APNEA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84878823056     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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