Determination of Dyspnea in Mechanically Ventilated Patients Atrous Masouda Hassan Abd El-Hamid1,2,*, Al-Sayaghi Khaled Mohamed3 1Collage of Applied Medical Sciences, Nursing Department, Jouf University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2Critical Care and Emergency Nursing Department Faculty of Nursing, University of Alexandria, Egypt, 3Critical Care and Emergency Nursing Department Nursing Division Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sana'a University, Yemen *Corresponding Author: Masouda Hassan Abd El-Hamid Atrous, Critical Care and Emergency Nursing, Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, KSA, e-mail: masouda980@yahoo.com, Telephone Number: +966554997316
Online published on 31 March, 2020. Abstract Background Although dyspnea is the most common suffering and devastating symptom in the mechanically ventilated patients (MVPs), it is not routinely measured. Aim of the study To assess dyspnea and factors contributing to it in MVPs. Design A descriptive research design Settings Intensive Care Units of Alexandria Main University Hospital. Subjects Forty critically ill conscious adult MVPs Tool of data collection Dyspnea assessment tool used to collect the data. Results 55% of the study sample had dyspnea and 86.4% of dyspneic MVPs had moderate to intense level of dyspnea. Conclusion Dyspneais present in more than half of the MVPs. Moderate to intense dyspnea is more frequent in MVPs. Top Keywords Dyspnea, Mechanical ventilation, Modified Borg Scale. Top |