"Dyspnea" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Difficult or labored breathing.
| Descriptor ID |
D004417
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.618.326 C23.888.852.371
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| Concept/Terms |
Dyspnea- Dyspnea
- Dyspneas
- Shortness of Breath
- Breath Shortness
- Breath Shortnesses
- Breathlessness
- Breathlessnesses
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dyspnea" by people in this website by year, and whether "Dyspnea" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dyspnea" by people in Profiles.
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Artificial Intelligence-Guided Lung Ultrasound by Nonexperts. JAMA Cardiol. 2025 Mar 01; 10(3):245-253.
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Is dyspnea the new angina? The ever-changing profile of patients referred for CAD evaluation. J Nucl Cardiol. 2023 08; 30(4):1321-1323.
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Evaluation and Management of Airway Foreign Bodies in the Emergency Department Setting. J Emerg Med. 2023 Feb; 64(2):145-155.
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Case 313. Radiology. 2023 01; 306(1):288-292.
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A 43-Day-Old Male With Respiratory Distress and Acute-Onset Hypotonia. Pediatrics. 2022 11 01; 150(5).
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Palliative Ventilator Withdrawal Practices in an Inpatient Hospice Unit. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2023 Jul; 40(7):720-726.
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Voice-related quality of life: Relation to objective spirometry measures in subglottic stenosis. Am J Otolaryngol. 2021 Sep-Oct; 42(5):103013.
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Big Data in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: An In-depth Comparison of National Outcomes Databases. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2020 Jul 15; 28(14):e626-e632.
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Progressive Dyspnea and Pleural Effusion-When the Answer Lies Buried in the History. Am J Med. 2021 01; 134(1):57-59.
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Clinical course of asthma in 4 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 infection. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2020 08; 125(2):208-210.