Abstract

Causes, diagnosis, and assessment 528 Management 530 Breathlessness is the experience of shortness of breath, of difficult or uncomfortable breathing. It is a very unpleasant and frightening experience, often associated with anxiety and distress, and a sensation of suffocating. It can cause profound disability, limiting the patient's function and drastically reducing quality of life, for the family as well as the patient. Breathlessness is a complex, multidimensional problem, with physiological and psychological components. It can be associated with a range of malignancies, but is most common in patients with primary lung cancer....

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