When a patient calls a primary care provider due to shortness of breath symptoms, recommending an in-office examination is generally warranted. Your patient may explain how they are out of breath from ...

The natriuretic peptides, specifically brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), are the most specific and applicable laboratory tests available to establish fluid overload associated with HF. 9 BNP is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This analysis focused on adults with moderate to severe COPD without an exacerbation during the ENHANCE trials.

The APN possesses the advanced clinical knowledge and skills to be able to synthesize the assessment information and create a comprehensive plan -- including pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers assessed high-flow nasal therapy in two sequences. The changes in dyspnea and respiratory drive with ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, a team of researchers used a multi-modal approach to examine the types, prevalence, and relevance of sleep disturbance in individuals ...

The Pulmonary Embolism Dyspnea Italian Study (PEDIS), just published in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, has demonstrated for the first time that the recent onset of severe respiratory ...

What Is Dyspnoea And What Are Its Causes? Before we delve deep into dyspnoea, let us explain what it actually is. “Dyspnoea is a feeling of difficult or uncomfortable breathing, often described as ...