Symptom perception and respiratory sensation: clinical applications.
This article has described symptom perception and its relation to asthma management. Underestimation of airway obstruction in persons with asthma is a common and serious problem that is linked to fatalities in persons with asthma. Strategies to identify and manage the poor perceiver have been suggested.
Meng
Anne
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School of Nursing, University of Texas Medical Branch, 310 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-1029, USA. ameng@utmb.edu
McConnell
Susan
S
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001249:Asthma / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010465:Perception; D012119:Respiration; D012677:Sensation