TY - JOUR
T1 - Hiding in plain sight
T2 - the evolving definition of chronic breathlessness and new ICD-11 wording
AU - Kochovska, Slavica
AU - Ekström, Magnus
AU - Hansen-Flaschen, John
AU - Ferreira, Diana
AU - Similowski, Thomas
AU - Johnson, Miriam J.
AU - Currow, David C.
PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - Reflecting the evolving understanding of breathlessness and its impacts, the International Classification of Disease (ICD) version 11has recently listed “breathlessness” (the patients’ descriptor of their subjective symptom) as a synonym for “dyspnoea” for the first time[1]. ICD-11 also now incorporates wording for three durations of breathlessness: “acute”(hours to 3 weeks), “subacute” (3–8 weeks) and “chronic” (>8 weeks).
AB - Reflecting the evolving understanding of breathlessness and its impacts, the International Classification of Disease (ICD) version 11has recently listed “breathlessness” (the patients’ descriptor of their subjective symptom) as a synonym for “dyspnoea” for the first time[1]. ICD-11 also now incorporates wording for three durations of breathlessness: “acute”(hours to 3 weeks), “subacute” (3–8 weeks) and “chronic” (>8 weeks).
KW - chronic breathlessness
KW - International Classification of Diseases
KW - ICD
KW - acute breathlessness
KW - subacute breathlessness
KW - ICD wording
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85151316040&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1183/13993003.00252-2023
DO - 10.1183/13993003.00252-2023
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 36997231
AN - SCOPUS:85151316040
SN - 0903-1936
VL - 61
JO - European Respiratory Journal
JF - European Respiratory Journal
IS - 3
M1 - 2300252
ER -