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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-04-01
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Series: | BMC Emergency Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12873-017-0125-6 |