Prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases is essential for improved wellbeing. We
identify missed opportunities for measurement and understanding of burden caused by …

Abstract Background and Objective Breathlessness is prevalent and associated with
medical consequences. Obesity is related to breathlessness. However, the magnitude of its …

The International Classification of Disease (ICD-11) has adopted three timeframes for
dyspnoea: acute, subacute and chronic, the latter despite underlying causes being optimally …

Background Breathlessness that persists despite treatment of causal disease (s) is
disabling, associated with high therapy-related costs and poor socioeconomic outcomes …

Introduction Long-term breathlessness is more common with age. However, in the oldest old
(> 85 years), little is known about the prevalence, or impact of breathlessness. We estimated …

Chronic breathlessness, a persistent and disabling symptom despite optimal treatment of
underlying causes, is a frightening symptom with serious and widespread impact on patients …

There are no known estimates of the prevalence, severity and impacts from breathlessness
in low-and middle-income countries. This study aimed to explore the prevalence, severity …

Florman et al. are to be commended for drawing attention to the overwhelming burden
generated by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in low-and middle-income …

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a debilitating lung condition causing
distressing symptoms. People with COPD experience variability of symptoms and have a …

This is an authorrsubmitted, peerrreviewed version of a manuscript that has been accepted
for publication in the European Respiratory Journal, prior to copyrediting, formatting and …