Dyspnea in the ICU: It Is Difficult to See What Patients Feel

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts.
² Medical School University of Crete Heraklion, Greece.

Editorial

Robert Banzett et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023.

. 2023 Jul 1;208(1):6-7.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202304-0677ED.

¹ Department of Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts.
² Medical School University of Crete Heraklion, Greece.

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