What is the experience of people living with breathlessness due to medical conditions, those
caring for them and those treating them, with regard to quality of life and the nature of clinical …

Breathlessness is a common symptom in the general population and a frequent reason for
presentation in all healthcare settings. It causes serious functional limitations, distress for …

The complexity of breathlessness in advanced disease requires a diversity of measures
ideally tailored to the individual patient needs.'Breathlessness services' have been …

Background: We developed a new single point of access to integrated palliative care,
respiratory medicine and physiotherapy: the breathlessness support service for patients with …

Background Breathlessness is a common and distressing symptom affecting many patients
with advanced disease both from malignant and non-malignant origin. A combination of …

Aims and objectives To explore how patients with Chronic Heart Failure describe their
experiences of breathlessness, the pattern of their breathlessness, how daily life is affected …

Objective: Breathlessness is one of the core symptoms in many advanced conditions. The
subjective nature of the symptom has been acknowledged in many definitions, emphasizing …

Objective: Disabling breathlessness is the most common symptom of advanced
cardiopulmonary disease. It is usually intractable, even when patients receive maximal …

Breathlessness that persists despite treatment for the underlying conditions is debilitating.
Identifying this discrete entity as a clinical syndrome should raise awareness amongst …

Context Episodic breathlessness causes additional distress to breathless patients with
advanced disease, but management is still insufficient and there is a lack of knowledge on …