Blunted perception of dyspnea in asthmatic children: A potential misleading criterion  

作　　者：Konstantinos Douros Barbara Boutopoulou Kostas N Priftis 

机构地区：[1]3rd Department of Pediatrics, "Attikon" Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine

出　　处：《World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics》2015年第3期38-40,共3页世界临床儿科杂志

摘　　要：Dyspnea(or breathlessness) is a symptom describing a perceived experience of breathing discomfort. Children's awareness of dyspnea is variable and there is only a poor correlation between the objective respiratory distress measurements and the subjectively awareness of dyspnea. Those who do not perceive dyspnea may not be motivated to comply with their daily prophylactic treatment. Since dyspnea is the main symptom of asthma, and disease management is based largely on the description of symptoms between clinic visits, unreliable symptom report may mislead decision-making for longterm treatment of asthma. Thus, therapeutic decisions should not be taken solely on patients' perception and description of dyspnea.Dyspnea(or breathlessness) is a symptom describing a perceived experience of breathing discomfort. Children's awareness of dyspnea is variable and there is only a poor correlation between the objective respiratory distress measurements and the subjectively awareness of dyspnea. Those who do not perceive dyspnea may not be motivated to comply with their daily prophylactic treatment. Since dyspnea is the main symptom of asthma, and disease management is based largely on the description of symptoms between clinic visits, unreliable symptom report may mislead decision-making for longterm treatment of asthma. Thus, therapeutic decisions should not be taken solely on patients' perception and description of dyspnea.

关 键 词：BREATHLESSNESS Respiratory DISTRESS TACHYPNEA Asthma SYMPTOM 

分 类 号：R725.6[医药卫生—儿科]