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…e evidence is very uncertain about virtual reality’s effects on dyspnoea due to risk of bias, imprecision and heterogeneity. Interpretat…

…ommon and distressing symptom experienced by people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Neuromodulation, which uses electrical stimulation to m…

…bation. His blood pressure was 140/70 mm Hg, with no history of myocardial infarction, and physical examination and ECG showed no significant abnorma…

…th the lowest rate of right answers were related to opioids and dyspnoea. Previous training in palliative care was significantly associa…

… conditions may cause or be associated with dyspnoea, including bacterial pneumonia, acute heart failure (AHF), exacerbation of chronic obstructive…

…inguish acute heart failure from pneumonia and exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), is imperative to initiate appropriate therapy. This stu…

…l hallucinogenic drug misuse presented with a 3-week history of dyspnoea and lower limb swelling but denied chest pain. He reported no r…

…auses including pulmonary embolism (PE), heart failure (HF) and acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Despite guideline recommendations for risk stratificatio…

…of respiratory exchange ratio >1.0 (33% vs 90%, p=0.0002), with dyspnoea cited as the limiting symptom (56% deaf vs 71% leg fatigue in h…

… 12-lead ECG revealed a short PR interval, voltage criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), prolonged QRS duration and repolarisation changes with d…

…T1RF) and is non-inferior to non-invasive ventilation (NIV) for undifferentiated respiratory failure.3–5 Despite growing interest, its current use in the UK for adu…

…as 14.4 weeks (cf NHS 17.4 weeks).Individuals were referred for dyspnoea (22.1%), syncope (11.4%), chest pain (8.1%) (referred to as ‘hi…