Sentence examples for dyspnea from inspiring English sources

At the extreme depths now attainable by humans some 500 metres in the sea and more than 680 metres in the laboratory direct effects of pressure upon the respiratory centre may be part of the "high-pressure neurological syndrome" and may account for some of the anomalies of breathlessness (dyspnea) and respiratory control that occur with exercise at depth.

In addition, the patient may experience acute shortness of breath while sleeping (paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea) that is related to circulatory inadequacy and fluid overload.

Increased pulmonary venous pressure results in congestion (due primarily to a distended pulmonary venous population), which stiffens the lung and increases the work of breathing (dyspnea).

The pain and resultant dyspnea kept the boy out of school for more than a month.

Patient 5: A previously healthy 36-year-old man with a clinically diagnosed CMV infection in September 1980 was seen in April 1981 because of a four-month history of fever, dyspnea and cough.

Although the role of CMV infection in the pathogenesis of pneumocystosis remains unknown, the possibility of P. carinii infection must be carefully considered in a differential diagnosis for previously healthy homosexual males with dyspnea and pneumonia.