title: ["Doctor, I am short of breath" - a primary care perspective].
abstract: Breathing difficulty can be the first symptom of many diseases. Frequent causes of dyspnoea in patients under out-patient care are of pulmonary and cardiovascular origin. Deconditioning is often a contributing factor in patients with chronic lung or heart disease. Key elements in the evaluation of patients with chronic and acute dyspnoea will be reviewed in this article.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Steurer-Stey
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010045:Outpatients; D011320:Primary Health Care