Breathing Problems

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Living with Dyspnea -- 4 Ways to Breathe Easier (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center) - Links to PDF File
  Also available in: Spanish

• Overviews
• Shortness of Breath (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File

• Anatomy/Physiology
• Atlas of the Body: The Respiratory System -- Structure Detail (American Medical Association)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Blood Gas Tests (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• Shortness of Breath (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Shortness of Breath in a Child or Infant (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Spirometry (National Lung Health Education Program)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Dyspnea (National Institutes of Health)

• Specific Conditions
• ACP Home Care Guide for Advanced Cancer: Shortness of Breath (American College of Physicians)

• Disease Management
• Dyspnea (Alliance for Lung Cancer)
• Positions to Reduce Shortness of Breath (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)

• Organizations
• American Lung Association
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

• Children
• Helping Your Child Breathe Easier (American Association for Respiratory Care)

• Information from the Medical Encyclopedia
• Breathing Problems