PMID- 17069203 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20061212 LR - 20151119 IS - 2067-2993 (Print) IS - 2067-2993 (Linking) VI - 55 IP - 2 DP - 2006 Apr-Jun TI - [Ways to quantify dyspnea severity. Part I. Baseline Dyspnea Index (BDI), Transition Dyspnea Index (TDI)]. PG - 58-63 AB - Dyspnea is the major reason that patients with pulmonary diseases seek medical attention. In this paper we present the main scales used to evaluated dyspnea. We described in details the characteristics of Baseline Dyspnea Index (BDI) and Transition Dyspnea Index (TDI): ways of administration, domains, scores and minimally clinical important difference (MCID). FAU - Nemes, Roxana AU - Nemes R AD - Departamentul de Fiziopatologie Respiratorie, Institutul de Pneumologie Marius Nasta, Bucuresti. anaxor_ro@yahoo.com FAU - Bumbacea, Dragos AU - Bumbacea D LA - rum PT - English Abstract PT - Journal Article PT - Review TT - Modalitati de cuantificare a severitatii dispneii Partea I. Indexul de dispnee initial (BDI) si Indexul de tranzitie al dispneii (TDI). PL - Romania TA - Pneumologia JT - Pneumologia (Bucharest, Romania) JID - 100941067 SB - IM MH - Dyspnea/*diagnosis/*etiology MH - Humans MH - Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/*complications/*diagnosis MH - Quality of Life MH - *Respiratory Function Tests MH - Severity of Illness Index MH - Surveys and Questionnaires RF - 21 EDAT- 2006/10/31 09:00 MHDA- 2006/12/13 09:00 CRDT- 2006/10/31 09:00 PHST- 2006/10/31 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/12/13 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/10/31 09:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - Pneumologia. 2006 Apr-Jun;55(2):58-63.