TY - JOUR T1 - Chronic breathlessness: re-thinking the symptom JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.02331-2017 VL - 51 IS - 1 SP - 1702331 AU - Jane Macnaughton AU - Rebecca Oxley AU - Arthur Rose AU - Andrew Russell AU - James W. Dodd AU - Havi Carel Y1 - 2018/01/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/51/1/1702331.abstract N2 - We wholly applaud the move by Johnson et al. [1] to improve awareness of breathlessness and to raise its profile as a subject for focussed clinical research. We consider their research and the ensuing proposal to recognise breathlessness via a new medical term, “chronic breathlessness syndrome”, as important and justified. We share their goal, which is to direct attention to this neglected, undertreated and under-researched symptom.People with breathlessness should be involved in renaming their condition as their experience can be influenced by clinical language http://ow.ly/ZKNj30hzUUM ER -