Open AccessDiagnosis of the cause of chronic dyspnoea in primary and tertiary care: characterizing diagnostic confidence
Author(s) -
Yao C Huang,
Olivia R Ferry,
S. McKenzie,
Rayleen V. Bowman,
Michael Hamilton,
P. Masel,
Kwun M. Fong,
Ian A. Yang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.05.183
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , medical diagnosis , concordance , tertiary referral hospital , pediatrics , retrospective cohort study , tertiary care , observational study , emergency medicine , family medicine , pathology
Chronic dyspnoea (breathlessness) in adults is a common symptom, the exact cause of which may be difficult to diagnose on initial presentation. We characterised the diagnostic complexity of chronic dyspnoea in primary care and tertiary care.