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Breathlessness - Management
Which scenario?
- Scenario: Causes and clinical features: covers the clinical features of the common causes of acute and chronic breathlessness.
- Scenario: Acute breathlessness: covers the assessment and management of acute breathlessness. This includes people requiring emergency admission, and the assessment, investigation, and management of people who do not require emergency admission.
- Scenario: Chronic breathlessness: covers the assessment and management of chronic breathlessness. This includes people requiring emergency admission, and the clinical assessment, investigation, and management of people who do not require emergency admission.
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