Dyspnea: Don't Just Look, Ask!

doi:10.1164/rccm.201508-1637ED

Editorial

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

doi: 10.1164/rccm.201508-1637ED.

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.

PMID: 26669467
PMCID: PMC4731724
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201508-1637ED

Editorial

Dyspnea: Don't Just Look, Ask!

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.

Authors

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.

PMID: 26669467
PMCID: PMC4731724
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201508-1637ED

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1. Parshall MB, Schwartzstein RM, Adams L, Banzett RB, Manning HL, Bourbeau J, Calverley PM, Gift AG, Harver A, Lareau SC, et al. An official American Thoracic Society statement: update on the mechanisms, assessment, and management of dyspnea. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012;185:435–452. - PMC - PubMed
1. O’Driscoll M, Corner J, Bailey C. The experience of breathlessness in lung cancer. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 1999;8:37–43. - PubMed
1. Shih FJ, Chu SH. Comparisons of American-Chinese and Taiwanese patients’ perceptions of dyspnea and helpful nursing actions during the intensive care unit transition from cardiac surgery. Heart Lung. 1999;28:41–54. - PubMed
1. Baker K, Barsamian J, Leone D, Donovan BC, Williams D, Carnevale K, Lansing R, Banzett R. Routine dyspnea assessment on unit admission. Am J Nurs. 2013;113:42–49. - PMC - PubMed
1. Baker K, Stevens J, Anderson L, Bernstein H, O’Donnell C, Howell M, Banzett R. Dyspnea assessed by nurses every shift: prevalence and risk prediction in a pilot study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013;189:A1787.

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[1] Parshall MB, Schwartzstein RM, Adams L, Banzett RB, Manning HL, Bourbeau J, Calverley PM, Gift AG, Harver A, Lareau SC, et al. An official American Thoracic Society statement: update on the mechanisms, assessment, and management of dyspnea. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012;185:435–452. - PMC - PubMed

[2] Parshall MB, Schwartzstein RM, Adams L, Banzett RB, Manning HL, Bourbeau J, Calverley PM, Gift AG, Harver A, Lareau SC, et al. An official American Thoracic Society statement: update on the mechanisms, assessment, and management of dyspnea. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012;185:435–452. - PMC - PubMed

[3] O’Driscoll M, Corner J, Bailey C. The experience of breathlessness in lung cancer. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 1999;8:37–43. - PubMed

[4] O’Driscoll M, Corner J, Bailey C. The experience of breathlessness in lung cancer. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 1999;8:37–43. - PubMed

[5] Shih FJ, Chu SH. Comparisons of American-Chinese and Taiwanese patients’ perceptions of dyspnea and helpful nursing actions during the intensive care unit transition from cardiac surgery. Heart Lung. 1999;28:41–54. - PubMed

[6] Shih FJ, Chu SH. Comparisons of American-Chinese and Taiwanese patients’ perceptions of dyspnea and helpful nursing actions during the intensive care unit transition from cardiac surgery. Heart Lung. 1999;28:41–54. - PubMed

[7] Baker K, Barsamian J, Leone D, Donovan BC, Williams D, Carnevale K, Lansing R, Banzett R. Routine dyspnea assessment on unit admission. Am J Nurs. 2013;113:42–49. - PMC - PubMed

[8] Baker K, Barsamian J, Leone D, Donovan BC, Williams D, Carnevale K, Lansing R, Banzett R. Routine dyspnea assessment on unit admission. Am J Nurs. 2013;113:42–49. - PMC - PubMed

[9] Baker K, Stevens J, Anderson L, Bernstein H, O’Donnell C, Howell M, Banzett R. Dyspnea assessed by nurses every shift: prevalence and risk prediction in a pilot study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013;189:A1787.

[10] Baker K, Stevens J, Anderson L, Bernstein H, O’Donnell C, Howell M, Banzett R. Dyspnea assessed by nurses every shift: prevalence and risk prediction in a pilot study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013;189:A1787.

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