Acute episodic, or incident, breathlessness—either spontaneous or associated with minor exertion—is a devastating and common symptom for patients with advanced cancer.1, 2 Ideally, such breathlessness requires fast-acting interventions to avoid consequent feelings of impending doom, fear and panic attac...
no dyspnea except with strenuous exercise Only when walking up incline or hurryingl Slow on level, or stops after 15 minutes stops few minutes of walking on the level minimal activity such as getting dressed, too dyspneic to leave the house ...
or stops after 15 minutes stops few minutes of walking on the level minimal activity such as getting dressed, too dyspneic to leave the house The Modified Borg Scale DyspneaDyspnea * Causes of dyspnea 4 general categories: cardiac, pulmonary, mixed cardiac or pulmonary, Non-cardiac, non-pulmona...