Acil Serviste Akut Kalp Yetmezliği Hastalarında Nefes Darlığının Üç Skala ile Değerlendirilmesi

Aim: This study aimed to compare the three dyspnea scales (Likert, VAS, and NRS) in patients with acute heart failure (AHF) emergency department (ED). 
 Materials Methods: enrolled 114 prospectively diagnosed AHF ED. We assessed for severity at admission 4th hour. used Likert scale, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Numerical Rating (NRS).
 Results: Sixty-five were women. The mean age of was 72.1 ± 11.7 years. 74.1% whose relieved discharged. Seventy-seven discharged from ED, while 37 hospitalized, 51.7% hospitalized had no improvement dyspnea. decreased after treatment on each scale (p< 0.05). 4th-hour scores lower all 0.01), but VAS NRS hour higher than 0.01). There a similarly significant relationship between (p