Prigmore Samantha
St George's Healthcare NHS Trust, London.
Nurs Times. 2005;101(14):50-3.
Breathlessness is a subjective experience, which has been described as an unpleasant or uncomfortable awareness of breathing, or of the need to breathe (Gift, 1990). Patients experiencing breathlessness are often described as being dyspnoeic, or having dyspnoea. This is derived from the Greek word, which, when translated, means 'difficulty in breathing'.
呼吸急促是一种主观体验，被描述为对呼吸或呼吸需求的不愉快或不舒服的感知（吉夫特，1990年）。经历呼吸急促的患者通常被描述为呼吸困难或患有呼吸急促症。这源自希腊语单词，翻译过来意思是“呼吸困难”。
