The Breathing, Thinking, Functioning clinical model: a proposal to facilitate evidence-based breathlessness management in chronic respiratory disease

Abstract Refractory breathlessness is a highly prevalent and distressing symptom in advanced chronic respiratory disease. Its intensity is not reliably predicted by the severity of lung pathology, with unhelpful emotions and behaviours inadvertently exacerbating and perpetuating the problem. Improve...

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Main Authors: Anna Spathis, Sara Booth, Catherine Moffat, Rhys Hurst, Richella Ryan, Chloe Chin, Julie Burkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-04-01
Series:npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-017-0024-z