Descriptors of dyspnea in obstructive lung diseases
<p>Abstract</p> <p>In obstructive lung diseases such as asthma and COPD dyspnea is a common respiratory symptom with different characteristics given the different pathogenic mechanisms: in COPD initially it can occur during exertion but then it increases progressively along with th...
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>In obstructive lung diseases such as asthma and COPD dyspnea is a common respiratory symptom with different characteristics given the different pathogenic mechanisms: in COPD initially it can occur during exertion but then it increases progressively along with the airflow obstruction, whereas in asthma it occurs episodically and is caused by transient bronchoconstriction.</p> <p>The language of dyspnea includes a large range of clinical descriptors which have been evaluated for their correlation (of one or several descriptors) with underlying physiologic/physiopathologic mechanisms. These studies were done in asthma rather than in COPD, and dyspnea descriptors were found to be useful in identifying patients with life-threatening asthma. However further studies are needed to further explore such descriptors and their clinical utility.</p> <p>This review discusses dyspnea mechanisms in various obstructive lung disease subsets as well as the descriptors of dyspnea and their utility in clinical practice.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7db83cd2ebe4a4fbd8e4aec91ea66bd2024-03-02T12:22:01ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMultidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine2049-69582010-06-015321621910.1186/2049-6958-5-3-216Descriptors of dyspnea in obstructive lung diseasesAntoniu Sabina A<p>Abstract</p> <p>In obstructive lung diseases such as asthma and COPD dyspnea is a common respiratory symptom with different characteristics given the different pathogenic mechanisms: in COPD initially it can occur during exertion but then it increases progressively along with the airflow obstruction, whereas in asthma it occurs episodically and is caused by transient bronchoconstriction.</p> <p>The language of dyspnea includes a large range of clinical descriptors which have been evaluated for their correlation (of one or several descriptors) with underlying physiologic/physiopathologic mechanisms. These studies were done in asthma rather than in COPD, and dyspnea descriptors were found to be useful in identifying patients with life-threatening asthma. However further studies are needed to further explore such descriptors and their clinical utility.</p> <p>This review discusses dyspnea mechanisms in various obstructive lung disease subsets as well as the descriptors of dyspnea and their utility in clinical practice.</p>http://www.mrmjournal.com/content/5/3/216Descriptorsdyspneaexercise testingobstructive lung diseases |
| spellingShingle | Antoniu Sabina A Descriptors of dyspnea in obstructive lung diseases Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine Descriptors dyspnea exercise testing obstructive lung diseases |
| title | Descriptors of dyspnea in obstructive lung diseases |
| title_full | Descriptors of dyspnea in obstructive lung diseases |
| title_fullStr | Descriptors of dyspnea in obstructive lung diseases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Descriptors of dyspnea in obstructive lung diseases |
| title_short | Descriptors of dyspnea in obstructive lung diseases |
| title_sort | descriptors of dyspnea in obstructive lung diseases |
| topic | Descriptors dyspnea exercise testing obstructive lung diseases |
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