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Respiratory Tract Diseases > Respiration Disorders > Dyspnea > Dyspnea, Paroxysmal
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory > Dyspnea > Dyspnea, Paroxysmal
Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Heart Failure > Dyspnea, Paroxysmal

Preferred term

Dyspnea, Paroxysmal  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Asthma, Cardiac
  • Cardiac Asthma
  • Cardiac Asthmas
  • Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea

Scope note

  • A disorder characterized by sudden attacks of respiratory distress in at rest patients with HEART FAILURE and PULMONARY EDEMA. It usually occurs at night after several hours of sleep in a reclining position. Patients awaken with a feeling of suffocation, coughing, a cold sweat, and TACHYCARDIA. When there is significant WHEEZING, it is called CARDIAC ASTHMA.

In other languages

  • hengenahdistuskohtaus

    Finnish

  • dyspneakohtaus
  • dyspnoea paroxysmalis
  • kohtauksittainen hengenahdistus
  • kohtauksittainen vaikeutunut hengitys
  • paroksysmaalinen dyspnea
  • Paroxysmal dyspné

    Swedish

  • Hjärtastma
  • Paroxysmal nattlig dyspné

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004418

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