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Most cases of dyspnea are due to cardiac or pulmonary disease, which is readily identified with a careful history and physical examination. Chest radiographs, electrocardiograph and screening spirometry are easily performed diagnostic tests that can provide valuable information.
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www.aafp.org/afp/980215ap/morgan.html
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Dyspnea may be a sign of cardiac disease, but it is not typically included as a prognostic predictor of cardiac risk. Abidov and colleagues studied 17,991 patients referred for cardiac stress testing and myocardial perfusion imaging to see if dyspnea provided prognostic information beyond the typical risk markers.
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The Medscape Journal ... Allergy & Clinical Immunology ... Diabetes & Endocrinology...
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/13567135
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A simple and quick way of discrimination between cardiac and pulmonary causes of dyspnea is essential in patients admitted to the emergency department. ... The sensitivity and specificity for cardiac dyspnea calculated according to the cut-off values were 96.7% and 40.6% for %DDI; 86.7% and 60.9% for PEF; 86.7% and 54.7%
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/14682407
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Distinguishing between cardiac dyspnea and pul-monary dyspnea is not always simple, but people with pulmonary dyspnea, whose lungs have lost their sup-pleness over a long period of time, tend to breathe more slowly and deeply, especially in moving air out of the lungs, whereas those with cardiac dyspnea tend to...
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www.med.yale.edu/library/heartbk/9.pdf
www.med.yale.edu/library/heartbk/9.pdf
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Definition of cardiac dyspnea from the online medical dictionary hosted by mondofacto. ... online medical dictionary | definition of cardiac dyspnea...
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www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?cardiac%20dyspnea
www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?cardiac%20dyspnea
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There appear to be no infallible guides by which to differentiate between cardiac insufficiency and asthma as a cause of dyspnea, wheezing and coughing in ...
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www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1521...
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The purpose of this study was to find those pulmonary function abnormalities which might be common to cardiac dyspnea irrespective of its etiology. ...
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chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/43/2/142.abstract
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Dyspnea is shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing. The victim is usually quite aware of the unusual ... Shortness of breath can be an indicator of many physical ailments including simple exertion, a panic attack, a blow to the chest, asthma, cardiac disease, emphysema, as well as exposure to toxic chemicals.
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www.ilpi.com/msds/ref/dyspnea.html
www.ilpi.com/msds/ref/dyspnea.html
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