Dyspnoea and its measurement

Ambrosino, Nicolino; Scano, Giorgio

doi:10.1183/18106838.0102.100

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“…The physiological mechanisms driving breathlessness may be reflected by descriptors of breathlessness A significant amount of work has been carried out on the relationship between qualitative aspects of breathlessness and physiological mechanisms [119][120][121]. There is little evidence to support the uniqueness of certain terms to specific conditions [122], but descriptors of breathlessness do appear to fall into ''clusters'', which may reflect activation of common neurophysiological processes to produce similar sensations of breathlessness, even in different diseases.…”

Section: Posturementioning

confidence: 95%

A physiological model of patient-reported breathlessness during daily activities in COPD

Jolley

Moxham

2009

European Respiratory Review

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Breathlessness during daily activities has a significant impact on quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Herein, we present a physiological model of patient-reported breathlessness based on the relationship between ventilatory load, respiratory muscle capacity, neural respiratory drive and neuromechanical dissociation during daily activities. This model should facilitate an understanding of the mechanisms driving increased intensity of breathlessness during daily activities and the relief of breathlessness following medical or surgical interventions. The model should also provide a structure on which to base the development of patient-reported outcome instruments to measure the severity of breathlessness during daily activities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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Section: Posturementioning

confidence: 95%

A physiological model of patient-reported breathlessness during daily activities in COPD

Jolley

Moxham

2009

European Respiratory Review

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“…The approach to dyspnea should include an objective assessment using scales, such as the Medical Research Council dyspnea scale (Chart 2), which establishes levels of exercise intensity that will trigger breathlessness, the Baseline Dyspnea Index, and the Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire. 39 - 42 …”

Section: Symptom Management In Patients With Respiratory Diseasesmentioning

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Palliative care in pulmonary medicine

Oliveira¹,

Medeiros²

2020

J Bras Pneumol.

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Palliative care was initially developed for patients with advanced cancer. The concept has evolved and now encompasses any life-threatening chronic disease. Studies carried out to compare end-of-life symptoms have shown that although symptoms such as pain and dyspnea are as prevalent in patients with lung disease as in patients with cancer, the former receive less palliative treatment than do the latter. There is a need to refute the idea that palliative care should be adopted only when curative treatment is no longer possible. Palliative care should be provided in conjunction with curative treatment at the time of diagnosis, by means of a joint decision-making process; that is, the patient and the physician should work together to plan the therapy, seeking to improve quality of life while reducing physical, psychological, and spiritual suffering.

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“…2000). This scale is constructed to sensitively measure changes in the subjective sensation of dyspnoea, measuring magnitude of dyspnoea rather than its impact on activity (Ambrosino & Scano 2004).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Severity of dyspnoea during activity was recorded using the Modified Borg Dyspnoea Scale (Kendrick et al 2000). This scale is constructed to sensitively measure changes in the subjective sensation of dyspnoea, measuring magnitude of dyspnoea rather than its impact on activity (Ambrosino & Scano 2004).…”

Section: Symptom Severitymentioning

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Community care assessment of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Hutchinson

Thompson

Brand

et al. 2010

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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The majority of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations can be safely managed in a community setting, but clinical assessment alone may not be sufficient to identify all patients who will develop complications such as respiratory failure. Further research is needed to validate clinical assessment and decision-making algorithms for community-management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations.

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Dyspnoea and its measurement

Cited by 17 publications

References 43 publications

A physiological model of patient-reported breathlessness during daily activities in COPD

A physiological model of patient-reported breathlessness during daily activities in COPD

Palliative care in pulmonary medicine

Community care assessment of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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