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ArticlePrimary care respiratory journal : journal of the General Practice Airways Group2013

A woman with breathlessness: a practical approach to diagnosis and management.

Alan Kaplan, Kevin Gruffydd-Jones, Frederik van Gemert, Bruce J Kirenga, Andrew R L Medford

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Article in Primary care respiratory journal : journal of the General Practice Airways Group, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Alan KaplanFamily Physician Airways Group of Canada, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.
Kevin Gruffydd-Jones
Frederik van Gemert
Bruce J Kirenga
Andrew R L Medford

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Worsening breathless in a patient with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common diagnostic and management challenge in primary care. A systematic approach to history-taking and examination combined with targeted investigation of pulmonary, cardiovascular, thromboembolic and systemic causes is essential if co-morbidities are to be identified and managed. Distinguishing between heart failure and COPD is a particular challenge as symptoms and signs overlap. In low and middle income countries additional priorities are the detection of infections such as tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Clinicians need to be alert to the possibility of atypical presentations (such as pain-free variants of angina) and less common conditions (including chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension) in order not to overlook important potentially treatable conditions.

Indexed as

AlbuterolBronchodilator AgentsDiagnosis, DifferentialDisease ProgressionDyspneaFemaleHeart FailureHumansLung NeoplasmsMiddle AgedPneumoniaPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveAlbuterolBronchodilator Agents

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PMID24270362
PMCPMC6442845

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