[The value of a visual score of dyspnea in the functional follow-up of asthma patients].
6 severe asthmatic patients were followed for 24 hours using a visual analogue score of dyspnoea and by studying the airway resistance. Their treatment consisted either of two inhalations of placebo or of two inhalations of fenoterol every 5 hours. It appeared that there was only a correlation between the dyspnoea score and respiratory function score for the largest variations of resistance induced by inhalation of sympathicomimetics. The inverse was that altered function offering only small fluctuations was not correlated with a sensation of dyspnoea.
Clinique de Pneumologie, Hôpital Universitaire Saint-Pierre, Bruxelles, Belgique.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000403:Airway Resistance / Q000187:drug effects; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005280:Fenoterol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010919:Placebos; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics / Q000187:drug effects
D010919:Placebos; D005280:Fenoterol
Intérêt du score visuel de dyspnée dans le suivi fonctionnel des asthmatiques.