Optimising telephone triage of patients calling for acute shortness of breath during out-of-hours primary care: protocol of a multiple methods study (Opticall)
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059549
Abstract: Introduction Callers with acute shortness of breath (SOB) are a challenge for telephone triage at out-of-hours primary care (OHS-PC) as SOB could be the sign of a potentially life-threatening disease, yet mostly is a symptom… read more here.
Keywords: primary care; acute shortness; triage; telephone triage ... See more keywords
Image challenge: acute shortness of breath with widespread T wave inversion
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DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2018-135853
Abstract: A 72-year-old woman presented with sudden-onset shortness of breath. There was no associated chest pain, nausea or sweating. She had had breast cancer 14 years previously, treated by wide local excision, radiotherapy and tamoxifen. She… read more here.
Keywords: breath; image challenge; acute shortness; shortness breath ... See more keywords