NAME

EDWIN MEJÍA
CLINICAL
COURSE
CASE:
DYSPNEA
U TE

SITY
7 "E"

UN R
TEACHER
IVE
MR. AYALA
 Cardiomyopathy Tumors Stiffness in

Valve disease
B Cardiac
Pneumothorax
B the chest D Tiredness,

Tuberculosis
Pulmonary fibrosis
Pericardial
A
Difficulty and
discomfort in C Chest
Blood problems there

Anemia
effusion
breathing
pain
E are: Presence of

C
anemia.
Respiratory
No
Obesity A respiratory
3 CLINICAL
F
Feeling of oppression,
suffocation
MANIFESTATIONS
Psychogenic No

Physiological 2 ETIOLOGY A GRADE O breathlessness

Psychological
B GRADE 1
shortness
of breath
Hurrying on or
level ground
Walking up a
slight hill

derives from DEFINITION DYSPNEA

Social
factors
1 Experience of
breathing discomfort
4 CLASIFICATION C GRADE 2
The patient walks
slower than people

D
Stops for breath after
GRADE 3 walking about 100 meters)

6 TREATMENT

NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL 5 TYPES E GRADE 4 Breathless when

dressing or undressing
PHARMACOTHERAPY TREATMENT
Paroxysmal
Pulmonary Platypnea
Bronchodilators Dyspnea on nocturnal dyspnea
rehabilitation
exertion
Corticosteroids
Psychological Orthopnea
pulmonary edema-
support Trepopnea
diuretics Dyspnea at rest
oxygen
supplementation Cognitive-behavioral
therapy Bendopnea