Breathing difficulty predicts sixfold mortality risk in hospital patients
A simple nursing assessment of patient-reported breathlessness during hospitalisation can identify those at dramatically elevated risk of death, with post-admission dyspnoea linked to a sixfold increase in mortality compared with patients reporting no breathing difficulty, according to research published in ERJ Open Research.





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Moorfields Eye Hospital

