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

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Medical Research Council breathlessness scale grade:Find:Pt:^Patient:Ord:MRC
Long Common Name
Medical Research Council breathlessness scale grade
Short Name
MRC breathlessness scale grade

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    Medical Research Council breathlessness scale grade
    LP428028-7
    • Analyte
      Medical Research Council breathlessness scale grade
      LP428028-7
      • Component Numerator
        Medical Research Council breathlessness scale grade
        LP428028-7
        • Component Numerator Core
          Medical Research Council breathlessness scale grade
          LP428028-7
        • Component Numerator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
      • Component Denominator
        NULL
         
        • Component Denominator Core
          NULL
           
        • Component Denominator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
    • Challenge
      NULL
       
    • Adjustment
      NULL
       
    • Count
      NULL
       
  • Property
    Find
    LP6813-2
  • Time
    Pt
    LP6960-1
  • System
    ^Patient
    LP310005-6
    • System Core
      NULL
       
    • Super System
      Patient
      LP6985-8
  • Scale
    Ord
    LP7751-3
  • Method
    MRC
    LP428129-3

Normative Answer List: LL5974-2

Source: Charite - Universitatsmedizin Berlin
AnswerCodeScoreAnswer 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 (ADD)
Order vs. Observation
Observation

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