Studies of the symptom dyspnoea: a systematic review

To deal with patients suffering from dyspnoea, it is crucial for general practitioners to know the prevalences of different diseases causing dyspnoea in the respective area and season, the likelihood of avoidable life-threatening conditions and of worsening or recovery from disease. Aim of our proje...

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Published in:BMC family practice 2015-10, Vol.16 (1), p.152-152, Article 152
Main Authors: Viniol, Annika, Beidatsch, Dominik, Frese, Thomas, Bergmann, Milena, Grevenrath, Paula, Schmidt, Laura, Schwarm, Sonja, Haasenritter, Jörg, Bösner, Stefan, Becker, Annette
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Dyspnea - diagnosis
Dyspnea - epidemiology
Dyspnea - etiology
Evidence-based medicine
Family medicine
Health aspects
Humans
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Prevalence
Primary Health Care
Prognosis
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Summary:To deal with patients suffering from dyspnoea, it is crucial for general practitioners to know the prevalences of different diseases causing dyspnoea in the respective area and season, the likelihood of avoidable life-threatening conditions and of worsening or recovery from disease. Aim of our project was to conduct a systematic review of symptom-evaluating studies on the prevalence, aetiology, and prognosis of dyspnoea as presented to GPs in a primary care setting. We did a systematic review of symptom-evaluating studies on dyspnoea in primary care. For this we included all studies investigating the complaint "dyspnoea" as a primary or secondary consulting reason in general practice. Apart from qualitative studies, all kind of study designs independent from type of data assessment, outcome measurement or study quality were included. Symptom-evaluating studies from other settings than primary care and studies which exclusively included children (age
ISSN:1471-2296
1471-2296
DOI:10.1186/s12875-015-0373-z