Open AccessEvaluation of three scales of dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Author(s) -
Sanjeev Chhabra,
Anupama Gupta,
M Z Khuma
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.53351
Subject(s) - medicine , spirometry , pulmonary disease , copd , physical therapy , functional impairment , cardiology , asthma
The Modified Medical Research Council (MMRC) scale, baseline dyspnea index (BDI) and the oxygen cost diagram (OCD) are widely used tools for evaluation of limitation of activities due to dyspnea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). There is, however, limited information on how these relate with each other and with multiple parameters of physiological impairment.