Extract
Is chronic breathlessness a symptom or a syndrome? Although hotly debated [1–5], we would like to suggest an alternative viewpoint. Here, we speculate that the argument over chronic breathlessness being considered as either a symptom or syndrome both holds us within a reductionist framework, and somewhat misses the point.
Abstract
Chronic breathlessness, symptom or syndrome: are we asking the right question? http://ow.ly/qJSX30hRpFq
Footnotes
Conflict of interest: Disclosures can be found alongside this article at erj.ersjournals.com
- Received October 31, 2017.
- Accepted November 2, 2017.
- Copyright ©ERS 2018