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Filter by:The ancient use of acupuncture as a treatment modality of traditional Chinese medicine has also been proven effective in Western medicine. The use of this treatment tool for pain control is already proven in the literature and today is considered an important adjuvant for this purpose. However, the ancient texts of acupuncture also report the use of certain points to tonify organs functions, despite of pain control. According to these texts there are some points that allow the treatment of lung diseases improving respiratory function. In order to investigate the effects of stimulation of such points using electric field application, the effect of these procedure on pulmonary function and the impact of this practice on dyspnea symptoms, the investigators will conduct a randomized study with 60 patients (1: 1 randomization) distributed in 2 arms (intervention arm-BI and control arm-BC). Transcutaneous neural stimulation of acupuncture points of the BI patients will be performed. For the BC arm the investigators will place the electrodes over the points without turn on the device to produce a placebo effect. Pulmonary function test, Borg scale application and 6 min walk test will be performed before and after the intervention in each group for subsequent data comparison.
Brief Summary: The aim of this study is to analyze in elderly patients with undifferentiated dyspnea, the concordance of diagnosis before and after a focus thoracic ultrasound in comparison with the reference one established by an adjudication committee
The aim of this study is to utilize lung ultrasound to detect the development of extravascular lung water in patients undergoing clinically indicated invasive hemodynamic exercise stress testing for symptomatic shortness of breath. The study will correlate the lung ultrasound findings with cardiac hemodynamics and measurements of extravascular lung water in an effort to better understand the pathophysiology of exertional dyspnea.
Breathing discomfort (dyspnea) during mechanical ventilation in the ICU may complicate care.
Dyspnoea is a very common symptom in many diseases, not only cardiorespiratory, but also renal or neurological diseases. It can be defined as " difficult, laboured and uncomfortable breathing […]. It is a subjective symptom. As pain, it involves both the patient's perception of the sensation and his reaction to it ". It can occur during even moderate effort and sometimes also at rest and tends to increase as the disease causing it progresses. Dyspnoea has therefore a significant on the various aspects of the patient's daily life and those around him or her (travel, leisure, daily activities, etc.) leading to a decrease in quality of life and possibly to anxiety and/or depressive symptoms. Among a vulnerable, elderly population that benefits from home care, it affects more than 46 % of patients in north-west of Switzerland. Despite the handicap generated by daily dyspnoea, this complaint is often difficult to recognize by health professionals or family and friends, due in particular to a feeling of helplessness in the care provided. In addition, the treatment of the disease responsible for dyspnoea by the doctor does not always provide relief. In this context, it is essential that people with dyspnoea, families and friends are supported in their experiences and acquire techniques and alternatives that help them better manage dyspnoea on a daily basis. The first objective is to evaluate the feasibility of a dyspnoea support program led by a respiratory care team non-specialized in palliative care and its effect on quality of life and control of dyspnoea symptoms by patients . A second objective is to measure patient's satisfaction about the program.
The purpose of the clinical study is to compare the effect of hypnosis intervention on the emotional dimension of the dyspnea during a pulmonary rehabilitation program to the pulmonary rehabilitation program alone. This study will determine if the hypnosis intervention will lead to better maintenance of benefits obtained than the original described method.
There is actually no physiologic or clinical data in the literature to clearly define the potential benefits and side effects of sublingual fentanyl in patients with COPD. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that sublingual fentanyl will improve exercise capacity and dyspnea control in severe COPD patients experiencing persistent breathlessness despite optimal management.
The objective of this study is to evaluate Lung Doppler signals (LDS) among patients presenting to the emergency department with acute dyspnea, in order to determine the diagnostic value of this non-invasive method to discriminate ADHF causing dyspnea from any other cause i.e., non-ADHF causes of dyspnea.
Routine screening for Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) i after PE is not supported by current evidence and guidelines. This study aims to evaluate if a screening program for patients with acute PE based on telephone monitoring of symptoms and further examination if only symptomatic patients could help an early detection of CTEPH.
Researchers are examining the diagnostic utility of an exercise cardiac MRI (eCMR) in the assessment of cardiac dyspnea (shortness of breath).