Dyspnea: Don't Just Look, Ask!

Robert B Banzett^{1

2}, Richard M Schwartzstein^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ 1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts and.
² 2 Department of Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts.

Editorial

Robert B Banzett et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015.

. 2015 Dec 15;192(12):1404-6.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.201508-1637ED.

Robert B Banzett^{1

2}, Richard M Schwartzstein^{1

2}

¹ 1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts and.
² 2 Department of Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts.

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Comment on

Underestimation of Patient Breathlessness by Nurses and Physicians during a Spontaneous Breathing Trial.
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