Functional decline in emergency department patients with dyspnea: a register-based cohort.

Background: Functional decline is associated with frequent hospital admissions and elevated risk of death. Presumably, patients acutely admitted to hospital with dyspnea have a high risk of functional decline.

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe patient characteristics, hospital trajectory and use of physiotherapy services by dyspneic patients in an emergency department.

Validity of the Talk Test as a Method to Estimate Ventilatory Threshold and Guide Exercise Intensity in Cardiac Patients.

Purpose: To determine the relationship between the Talk Test (TT) and ventilatory threshold (VT) in patients with cardiac disease and to compare the TT with exercise intensity guidelines.

Methods: Twenty cardiac patients, aged 65 ± 8.5 yr, performed 2 exercise tests with identical ramp protocols on a cycle ergometer on the same day.

Dyspnoea and self-management strategies in patients admitted to the emergency department: A study of patients' experiences.

Aims And Objective: To explore patients' experiences of acute dyspnoea, physical functioning and perspectives on course of illness prior to admission to the emergency department.

Background: Many emergency admissions are considered unnecessary and avoidable. In this perspective, it seems relevant to gain insight into the patients' perspective on acute dyspnoea and the need for emergency admission.