dyspnea
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difficult or labored respiration
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Although hypoxemia normally stimulates ventilation and produces dyspnea, these phenomena and the other symptoms and signs of hypoxia are sufficiently variable in patients with COPD as to be of limited value in patient assessment.
Common symptoms include dyspnea (shortness of breath) and peripheral edema (swelling of the legs).
Vora breathed his last at the Fortis hospital here, where he had been admitted since December 19 with complaints of dyspnea or shortness of breath with altered sensorium and hypotension (low blood pressure).
Forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV), modified Medical Research Council dyspnea scale, exacerbation history (ExH), Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) 2011 groups, and lung volumes were reviewed.
The symptoms generally manifested in the disease are palpitations, fatigue, dizziness, dyspnea, angina, and congestive heart failure.
Common symptoms include fever (temperature of 37.8 C or greater), a new or worsening cough, and shortness of breath (dyspnea).