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What does dyspnea mean?

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Noun
  1. (pathology) Difficult or labored respiration, shortness of breath.
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The sensations of dyspnea and muscle fatigue were measured at rest and immediately after exercise on a 10-cm visual analog scale.
In children, fever associated with dyspnea usually implies an infectious cause, such as pneumonia, croup, or bronchiolitis.
A chest radiograph and an electrocardiogram should be obtained in patients with dyspnea and suspected heart failure.
Patients with COPD have progressive airflow limitation leading to disabling dyspnea, with an inability to properly oxygenate the blood.
Chest infections, productive cough, dyspnea, wheezing, and hemoptysis are common.
A 5-month-old girl was referred to our hospital due to a bout of sneezing, mucoid discharge, and progressive dyspnea for 2 days.

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