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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-11-7
pubmed:abstractText
To evaluate measurements of respiratory sensation in ILD, we compared ratings of breathlessness from three clinical scales with the perceived magnitude of added elastic loads in 20 symptomatic ILD patients. Dyspnea ratings were obtained by two independent observers for each clinical method. Perceived magnitude of four elastic loads was selected from the Borg category scale; these estimates were summarized using the psychophysical power function equation. Ten age-matched healthy subjects also scaled the magnitude of added elastic loads. Dyspnea ratings from the three clinical scales were significantly interrelated. Mean exponents for mouth pressure developed during elastic loading were similar in the patient and control groups. Dyspnea ratings and exponents for elastic loads were not significantly correlated in ILD patients. Of the physiologic parameters examined, Dsb and gas exchange during exercise correlated significantly with clinical dyspnea ratings; none correlated with the exponent for added elastic loads. These data demonstrate that clinical dyspnea ratings provide valid measures of breathlessness in patients with ILD which are independent of the perception of respiratory loads.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0012-3692
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
767-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Measurement of respiratory sensation in interstitial lung disease. Evaluation of clinical dyspnea ratings and magnitude scaling.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03756.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't