ArticleJournal of pain and symptom management2018
Prevalence of Dyspnea Among Hospitalized Patients at the Time of Admission.
Article in Journal of pain and symptom management, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07701850 (The Influence of Standard Ventilator Setting Adjustments on Dyspnea Experienced in Awake Mechanically-ventilated Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Influence of Standard Ventilator Setting Adjustments on Dyspnea Experienced in Awake Mechanically-ventilated Patients: A Pilot Study
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence and correlates of breathlessness in adults: an umbrella review and updated systematic review with meta-analysis in general and clinical populations.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025Pooled it
- Cardiopulmonary Point-of-Care Ultrasonography for Hospitalist Management of Undifferentiated Dyspnea.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Investigating a structured diagnostic approach for chronic breathlessness in primary care: a mixed-methods feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial.BMJ open respiratory research · 2025Trial
- Impact of serial cardiopulmonary point-of-care ultrasound exams in patients with acute dyspnoea: a randomised, controlled trial.Emergency medicine journal : EMJ · 2023Trial
- Objective dyspnea measurement in real time using a forehead wearable and artificial intelligence.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2026Article
- Ethnic differences in healthcare utilisation and diagnosis after first presentation with breathlessness: a retrospective cohort study using UK primary care records.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2026Article
- Patient-reported dyspnoea predicts six-fold increased hospital mortality.ERJ open research · 2026Article
- Guidelines for the Initial Assessment of Respiratory Distress in the Emergency Department.Annals of intensive care · 2026Article
- Multimodal physiological correlates of dyspnea ratings during breath-holding in healthy humans.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
- Pain and Heart Failure During Transport by Emergency Medical Services and Its Associated Outcomes: Hospitalization, Mortality, and Length of Stay.Western journal of nursing research · 2024Article
- Rating Dyspnea and Pain: "No" is Not Always "Zero".Clinical nursing research · 2023Article
- 'Medical education online · 2022Article
- BEE FIRST: A standardized point-of-care ultrasound approach to a patient with dyspnea.Radiology case reports · 2022Article
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- Danish translation and linguistic validation of the multidimensional dyspnea profile.European clinical respiratory journal · 2021Article
- Underlying contributing conditions to breathlessness among middle-aged individuals in the general population: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open respiratory research · 2020Article
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- Underdetection and Undertreatment of Dyspnea in Critically Ill Patients.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2019Observational
- Relating Experienced To Recalled breathlessness Observational (RETRO) study: a prospective study using a mobile phone application.BMJ open respiratory research · 2019Article
- Dyspnea could be accurately assessed by a caregiver in hospitalized patients with respiratory diseases: Interrater reliability and agreement study.Brazilian journal of physical therapyArticle
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Abstract
contextDyspnea is an uncomfortable and distressing sensation experienced by hospitalized patients.
objectivesThere is no large-scale study of the prevalence and intensity of patient-reported dyspnea at the time of admission to the hospital.
methodsBetween March 2014 and September 2016, we conducted a prospective cohort study among all consecutive hospitalized patients at a single tertiary care center in Boston, MA. During the first 12 hours of admission to medical-surgical and obstetric units, nurses at our institution routinely collect a patient's 1) current level of dyspnea on a 0-10 scale with 10 anchored at "unbearable," 2) worst dyspnea in the past 24 hours before arrival at the hospital on the same 0-10 scale, and 3) activities that were associated with dyspnea before admission. The prevalence of dyspnea was identified, and tests of difference were performed across patient characteristics.
resultsWe analyzed 67,362 patients, 12% of whom were obstetric patients. Fifty percent of patients were admitted to a medical-surgical unit after treatment in the emergency department. Among all noncritically ill inpatients, 16% of patients experienced dyspnea in the 24 hours before the admission. Twenty-three percent of patients admitted through the emergency department reported any dyspnea in the past 24 hours. Eleven percent experienced some current dyspnea when interviewed within 12 hours of admission with 4% of patients experiencing dyspnea that was rated 4 or greater. Dyspnea of 4 or more was present in 43% of patients admitted with respiratory diagnoses and 25% of patients with cardiovascular diagnoses. After multivariable adjustment for severity of illness and patient comorbidities, patients admitted on the weekend or during the overnight nursing shift were more likely to report dyspnea on admission.
conclusionDyspnea is a common symptom among all hospitalized patients. Routine documentation of dyspnea is feasible in a large tertiary care center.
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