An increasingly breathless patient

Assessment of a breathless patient.

The aim of this article is to describe a systematic and comprehensive approach to the assessment of a breathless patient and to discuss the principles of oxygen delivery. After reading this article you should be able to: Describe how to assess the effectiveness of breathing, the work of breathing and the adequacy of ventilation. Discuss the importance of general appearance, medical and social h...

Oxygen therapy in the breathless patient.

Text Messaging and Patient Engagement in an Increasingly Mobile World.

555 The potential of short message system (SMS) text messaging and other mobile phone–based methods (collectively often called mHealth) to engage patients in their own health care has been met with great enthusiasm because of the relatively low cost, transportability, and widespread use of these technologies: More than 6 billion people worldwide have access to mobile phones. By providing remind...

An increasingly complex code.

An increasingly scented world

We know that, at least in the short term, a rise in temperature exponentially increases the emission rates of most biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs). It does so by enhancing the enzymatic activities of synthesis, by raising the BVOC vapour pressure, and by decreasing the resistance of the diffusion pathway (Tingey et al., 1991). BVOC emissions are thus expected to increase strongly wi...