Managing Post COVID-19 Patient with Breathlessness by Yen Shen Wong, Muhammad Amin Ibrahim, Mohd Arif Mohd Zim, Mohd Fauzi Abdul Rani

“…We review a case of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patient who developed acute breathlessness post COVID-19 infection, also focusing on the diagnostic approach. …”
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The Efficacy of Fan Therapy to Alleviate Breathlessness among Lung Cancer Patients by Komang Noviantari

“…Breathlessness is a commonly reported symptom among patients with advanced-stage lung cancer and significantly affects their quality of life. …”
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Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the Breathlessness Catastrophizing Scale in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Şerife Demirbaş, İlknur Naz, Elvan Felekoğlu, Melissa Köprülüoğlu, Hülya Şahin

“…OBJECTIVE: To examine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Breathlessness Catastrophizing Scale (BCS) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). …”
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BreathCarer: Informal carers of patients with chronic breathlessness: a mixed-methods systematic review of burden, needs, coping, and support interventions by Saskia Blütgen, Anne Pralong, Carolin Wilharm, Yvonne Eisenmann, Raymond Voltz, Steffen T. Simon

Subjects: “…Breathlessness…”
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Effect of Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Dyspnoea, Functional Capacity and Thoracic Excursion in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Case Report by Priyanka K Chilhate, Lajwanti Lalwani (Adwani)

Subjects: “…breathlessness…”
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Evaluation of urinary density as a biomarker for the diagnosis of acute heart failure by Mustafa Ahmet Akçalı, Semih Çınar, Kemal Abid Tekin, Recep Murat Mert, Sena Erduhan, Ertuğ Dinçer, Yusuf Altunöz, Arif Aksu, Esra Akçalı

Subjects: “…Breathlessness…”
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Editorial: Psychosocial issues and interventions in pulmonary rehabilitation by Ingeborg Farver-Vestergaard, Ingeborg Farver-Vestergaard, Eleonora Volpato, Eleonora Volpato, Eleonora Volpato, Henrik Hansen, Henrik Hansen, Henrik Hansen, Liz Steed

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“I’m living in a ‘no’ world now…”- A qualitative study of the widespread impact of living with chronic breathlessness, and experiences of identification and assessment of this symptom in an older, frail community-based population by Helene L. Elliott-Button, Miriam J. Johnson, Ann Hutchinson, David C. Currow, Joseph Clark

“…Abstract Chronic breathlessness is a debilitating symptom with detrimental impact on individuals and carers. …”
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Thoracic Endometriosis: A Presentation of an Uncommon Disease in a Black African Woman by John Omotola Ogunkoya, Taiwo Olufemi Solaja, Akinwale Folarin Ogunlade, Marion Itohan Ogunmola

“…It disappears after the end of menstrual bleed. Breathlessness was initially on mild to moderate exertion before progressing to occasional breathlessness at rest. …”
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The Association Between Occupational Smoke Exposures and the Prevalence of Eye and Respiratory Health Conditions Among Commercial Fish Smokers in Abuesi, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional S... by Charity Owusu, Albert Ofori, Frank Adusei-Mensah, Carl Halladay Abraham, Samuel Kyei, Reginald Quansah, David Kofi Essumang

“…For those suffering from breathlessness, asthma, and pneumonia, the data indicated that longer exposure durations correlated with more severe health outcomes. …”
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Eosinophilic Asthma Secondary to Adjuvant Anti-PD-1 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment in a Melanoma Patient by P. Kissoonsingh, B. Sutton, Syed U. Iqbal, Lalit Pallan, Neil Steven, L. Khoja

“…The patient experienced episodes of breathlessness 4 weeks after cycle 1. These episodes were nocturnal and caused acute respiratory distress and cough, occasionally waking him up. …”
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The Impact of Exposure to Indoor Pollutants on Allergy and Lung Inflammation among School Children in Selangor, Malaysia: An Evaluation Using Factor Analysis by Khairul Nizam Mohd Isa, Zailina Hashim, Juliana Jalaludin, Dan Norbäck, Mohammed Abdulrazzaq Jabbar, Jamal Hisham Hashim

“…Moreover, there were associations between self-reported wheezing, daytime and nocturnal attack of breathlessness with doctor’s diagnosed asthma among school children.…”
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Supporting self-management for patients with Interstitial Lung Diseases: Utility and acceptability of digital devices. by Malik A Althobiani, Rebecca Shuttleworth, John Conway, Jonathan Dainton, Anna Duckworth, Ana Jorge Da Ponte, Jessica Mandizha, Joseph W Lanario, Michael A Gibbons, Sarah Lines, Chris J Scotton, John R Hurst, Joanna C Porter, Anne-Marie Russell

“…The most likely help-seeking triggers were worsening breathlessness 53/65 (82%) and low oxygen saturation 43/65 (66%). …”
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A Case of Tracheal Hamartoma Resected with Loop Electrocautery by Marios Panagiotou, Alexandros Kalkanis, Napoleon Karagiannidis, Vlasis Polychronopoulos

“…The authors report on the case of a 67-year-old man with longstanding breathlessness, which was eventually attributed to a fixed mass in the upper third of the trachea causing upper airway obstruction. …”
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Klippel–Trenaunay syndrome presenting as pulmonary embolism in an elderly person by P. K. Surendran, L. Asha Krishnan, C. M. Ali Sayyad, V. Udayabhaskaran

“…An elderly woman was admitted with acute-onset breathlessness and right-sided chest pain suggestive of pleurisy. …”
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Anaesthesia for Emergency Caesarean Section in a Patient with Large Anterior Mediastinal Tumour Presenting as Intrathoracic Airway Compression and Superior Vena Cava Obstruction by James C. S. Chiang, Michael G. Irwin, A. Hussain, Y. K. Tang, Y. T. Hiong

“…We present a case that presented in the third trimester of pregnancy with severe breathlessness, orthopnoea, and symptoms of superior vena cava obstruction. …”
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Practice of pulmonary rehabilitation by Aniket Mondal, Jitendra K. Bairwa, Madhur Joshi, Sheetu Singh

“…The program then proceeds to follow a sequence of training exercises of respiratory and limb muscles to take active steps to avert distressing symptoms such as breathlessness and fatigue. Smoking cessation, nutritional assessment, and vaccination also form a part of a comprehensive rehabilitation program. …”
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Expiratory Flow Limitation Definition, Mechanisms, Methods, and Significance by Claudio Tantucci

“…In any circumstances EFL predisposes to pulmonary dynamic hyperinflation and its unfavorable effects such as increased elastic work of breathing, inspiratory muscles dysfunction, and progressive neuroventilatory dissociation, leading to reduced exercise tolerance, marked breathlessness during effort, and severe chronic dyspnea.…”
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Treatment patterns and clinical profile in progressive pulmonary fibrosis: a Japanese cross-sectional survey by Hidekata Yasuoka, Yuko Waseda, Yuko Kaneko, Masateru Okazaki, Ryoko Iwasaki, Shoko Nagata, Mark Small, Haruyuki Ishii

“…Patients had a mean (standard deviation [SD]) age at survey date of 68.0 (11.6) years, 43.5% were female, 50.3% were former smokers and 18.1% were employed full time. For breathlessness, 26.5% of patients had Grade 2 physician-reported breathlessness; this was 16.7% when reported by patients themselves. …”
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Idiopathic Clubbing Confined to Lower Limb Digits and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: An Unusual Association by Rahul Magazine, Ranjan Shetty, Umesh Goneppanavar, Aswini K. Mohapatra

“…A 62-year-old housewife presented to the chest outpatient department with a history of exertional breathlessness of four-month duration. On general physical examination, clubbing of toes was present with sparing of fingers. …”
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