MD11.5
Dyspnoea
Dispneia
CategoryDefinition
Dyspnoea is used to describe perceptions of difficulty or distress related to breathing and is recognised as symptomatic of disease when it occurs under inappropriate circumstances. Dyspnoea is a presenting complaint of patients with a wide variety of medical diseases by multiple mechanisms. Dyspnoea is considered acute when it lasts from hours up to 3 weeks, subacute from 3 weeks up to 8 weeks, and chronic dyspnoea lasts more than 8 weeks.
Exclusions
- Transient tachypnoea of newborn
Inclusions
- Orthopnoea
Index Terms
Dyspnoeadifficulty breathingrespiration difficultshort of breathwindeddyspnoea NOSparoxysmal dyspnoearespiratory distressSOB - [shortness of breath]shortness of breathbreathlessnessOrthopnoeaDyspnoea crisisDyspnoea hyperventilationExertional dyspnoeaNocturnal dyspnoeaparoxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea