Hospitalist attitudes toward the assessment and management of dyspnea in patients with acute cardiopulmonary diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dyspnea is a common symptom in patients hospitalized with acute cardiopulmonary diseases. Routine assessment of dyspnea severity is recommended by clinical guidelines based on the evidence that patients are not treated consistently for dyspnea relief.

Objective

To evaluate attitudes and beliefs of hospitalists regarding the assessment and management of dyspnea.

Design

Cross-sectional survey.

Settings

Nine hospitals in the United States.

Measurements

Survey questions assessed the following domains regarding dyspnea: importance in clinical care, potential benefits and challenges of implementing a standardized assessment, current approaches to assessment, and how awareness of severity affects management. A 5-point Likert scale was used to assess

SUBMITTER: Stefan MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4624477 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature