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DYSPNEIQUE [5 records]

Record 1 2013-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

The sound produced in a dying person by air passing through a collection of mucus in the trachea and large bronchi.

OBS

The death rattle is an extreme form of stertorous breathing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
CONT

Observer les signes d’accompagnement d’un état dyspnéique manifeste. Bruits anormaux : cornage, stertor, sibilances, r les humides d’encombrement progressif précédant parfois le véritable r le agonique.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Heart
DEF

An attack of asthma associated with heart disease as ventricular failure characterized by predominant pulmonary congestion with some bronchoconstriction. (Glanze, Walter. Mosby's Medical and Nursing Dictionary. C.V. Mosby Co., 1986, p. 185)

CONT

Cardiac asthma is a term sometimes given to paroxysmal breathing difficulties of ... an episodic failure of the left ventricle of the heart. (Walton, John and Paul B. Besson, The Oxford Companion to Medicine. Oxford, 1986, p. 88).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cœur
DEF

Expression impropre désignant une crise dyspnéique asthmatiforme survenant chez certains sujets atteints d’insuffisance ventriculaire [...] et témoignant d’un oedème bronchique prédominant lié à une sensibilité [...].

CONT

[Le] diagnostic différentiel de l’asthme [...] est plus délicat avec l’asthme cardiaque comportant l’association d’une cardiopathie d’une insuffisance cardiaque et d’une dyspnée paroxystique évoquant l’asthme.

OBS

Le terme asthme cardiaque est impropre car il ne s’agit pas d’asthme.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-12-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Respiratory System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil respiratoire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aparato respiratorio
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Record 4 1992-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Respiratory System
CONT

Maximum workload, ST-segment changes, the reasons for stopping exercise, and the Borg rating (which combines chest pain, fatigue and dyspnea) were not statistically significantly different between the two treatment periods.

CONT

The purpose of our study was to evaluate the reproducibility of a Borg rating of dyspnea in patients with COPD. (In Chest, 1991, 99 (3) 566-571, cited in PASCAL data base.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil respiratoire
CONT

Échelle catégorielle de Borg-L'échelle de Borg, représentée sur le tableau II, comporte onze niveaux numérotés de 0 à 10. Chaque chiffre est associé à un qualificatif caractérisant la dyspnée(...) Le sujet choisit le nombre correspondant le mieux à la sensation dyspnéique.

Spanish

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Record 5 1990-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Respiratory System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil respiratoire

Spanish

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