98070-6
Medical Research Council breathlessness scale grade
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Term Description
The Medical Research Council (MRC) Breathlessness Scale evaluates the perceived limitations of breathlessness for an individual patient. Breathlessness is classified from Grade 1 to Grade 5, with higher grades representing increased impact and limitations. PMID: 28898975
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Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- Medical Research Council breathlessness scale grade
- Property
- Find
- Time
- Pt
- System
- ^Patient
- Scale
- Ord
- Method
- MRC
Additional Names
- Short Name
- MRC breathlessness scale grade
Normative Answer List: LL5974-2
Source: Charite - Universitatsmedizin Berlin| Answer | Code | Score | Answer ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 Not troubled by breathlessness except on strenuous exercise |
LA9629-2 | ||
| Grade 2 Short of breath when hurrying on the level or walking up a slight hill |
LA9630-0 | ||
| Grade 3 Walks slower than most people on the level, stops after a mile or so, or stops after 15 minutes walking at own pace |
LA9631-8 | ||
| Grade 4 Stops for breath after walking about 100 yds or after a few minutes on level ground |
LA11897-8 | ||
| Grade 5 Too breathless to leave the house, or breathless when undressing |
LA11898-6 |
Basic Attributes
- Class
- PULM
- Type
- Clinical
- First Released
- Version 2.71
- Last Updated
- Version 2.71
- Order vs. Observation
- Observation
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Copyright
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- Medical Research Council
- Copyright
- Used with the permission of the Medical Research Council
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