Screening for Shortness of Breath: Stretching the Screening Paradigm to Tertiary Prevention.

• Autores: Gene R. Pesola, Allana T. Forde, Habibul Ahsan
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 107, Nº. 3, 2017, págs. 386-388
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses the authors' views about the use of medical screening as a means of diagnosing shortness of breath (dyspnea) in patients in America, and it mentions the potential expansion of medical screening practices to prevent the need for patients to undergo tertiary care. According to the article, dyspnea prevalence increases with age. Epidemiological and mortality studies are examined, along with chronic respiratory disease- and lung cancer-related deaths in the U.S.