Dyspnea: Pathophysiology and assessment
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Pathophysiology of dyspnea.
Dyspnea may be defined as an uncomfortable sensation of breathing. The sense of respiratory effort, chemoreceptor stimulation, mechanical stimuli arising in lung and chest wall receptors, and neuroventilatory dissociation may all contribute to the sensation of dyspnea. Different mechanisms likely give rise to qualitatively different sensations of dyspnea. In most patients, dyspnea is probably d...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0885-3924
DOI: 10.1016/s0885-3924(96)00327-2