Open AccessDyspnea in elderly family practice patients. Occurrence, severity, quality of life and mortality over an 8-year period
Author(s) -
Bèr Huijnen,
Frans van der Horst,
Ludovic G. P. M. van Amelsvoort,
Geertjan Wesseling,
Marieke M. Lansbergen,
Pepijn Aarts,
Nancy A. Nicolson,
J. André Knottnerus
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
family practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.955
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1460-2229
pISSN - 0263-2136
DOI - 10.1093/fampra/cmi064
Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , severity of illness , emergency medicine , pediatrics , demography , gerontology , nursing , sociology
This study examined the prevalence and severity of dyspnea in patients >/=70 years of age and its impact on the quality of life. We also examined the prognostic significance of dyspnea for mortality.
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