Estimation of the severity of breathlessness in the emergency department: a dyspnea score

Abstract Background Dyspnea is a frequent complaint in emergency departments (ED). It has a significant amount of subjective and affective components, therefore the dyspnea scores, based on the patients’ rating, can be ambiguous. Our purpose was to develop and validate a simple scoring system to eva...

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Main Authors: Tibor Gondos, Viktor Szabó, Ágnes Sárkány, Adrienn Sárkány, Gábor Halász
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-017-0125-6