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Dyspnoea crisis

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Link to WHO Definition

Dyspnoea crisis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1211403257

The American Thoracic Society (ATS) Ad Hoc Committee members offer the following definition of a novel clinical entity of dyspnoea crisis as “sustained and severe resting breathing discomfort that occurs in patients with advanced, often life-limiting illness and overwhelms the patient and caregivers’ ability to achieve symptom relief.”