Preferred Label : dyspnea, paroxysmal;

MeSH definition : A disorder characterized by sudden attacks of respiratory distress in at rest patients with HEART FAILURE and PULMONARY EDEMA. It usually occurs at night after several hours of sleep in a reclining position. Patients awaken with a feeling of suffocation, coughing, a cold sweat, and TACHYCARDIA. When there is significant WHEEZING, it is called cardiac asthma.;

MeSH synonym : paroxysmal dyspnea;

CISMeF synonym : paroxysmal dyspneas; dyspneas, paroxysmal;

MeSH hyponym : asthma, cardiac; dyspnea, paroxysmal nocturnal; Nocturnal Dyspnea, Paroxysmal; Cardiac Asthma; Cardiac Asthmas;

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A disorder characterized by sudden attacks of respiratory distress in at rest patients with HEART FAILURE and PULMONARY EDEMA. It usually occurs at night after several hours of sleep in a reclining position. Patients awaken with a feeling of suffocation, coughing, a cold sweat, and TACHYCARDIA. When there is significant WHEEZING, it is called cardiac asthma.

https://www.revmed.ch/RMS/2008/RMS-155/La-dyspnee-laryngee-paroxystique-une-manifestation-extra-oesophagienne-peu-connue-du-reflux-gastro-oesophagien
2008
journal article
gastroesophageal reflux
dyspnea, paroxysmal

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