Laut einer Studie ist das Sterberisiko bei Krankenhauspatienten, die unter Atemnot leiden, sechsmal höher, bei Patienten mit Schmerzen hingegen nicht
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1104729
Laut einer Studie ist das Sterberisiko bei Krankenhauspatienten, die unter Atemnot leiden, sechsmal höher, bei Patienten mit Schmerzen hingegen nicht
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1104729
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because shortness of breath is bad
Pain is often felt to discourage past actions where as shortness of breath is a „something is currently wrong“ type thing. The science seems to make sense to my non doctor stupid brain
Shortness of breath is a sign of respiratory distress. Pain is a sign of… anything.
I remember once going to the doc with breathing issues he looked in my throat and immediately asked what hospital I wanted to go to. Apparently had I waited I would be dead now. My tonsils had swollen rather large. A poke from the emergency room folks and I was back in business.
Color my any color except surprised. Hospitalized patients, those that are already sick enough to require inpatient management, that have shortness of breath are much more likely to have heart failure, COPD, and pneumonia, which are all associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Those with heart failure and COPD are more fragile and likely to succumb to any secondary insult than patients without.
I get that research should confirm things, but I would strongly suspect this is just a question that identifies patients with heart failure and COPD.