Talk:Dyspnea

At the beginning of the episode, some medical data is seen on a viewscreen, Bashir then downloads said data onto a PADD. The text was taken from the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy and slightly adapted to make it sound more Star Trek-like, including adding tricorder scans, a reference concerning Tellarites and replacing X-ray with "internal thorasic imaging". Here's what I was able to make out:


 * A sensation of difficulty in breathing. Dyspnea, is a
 * symptom, not a sign, except in certain cases (see:
 * DATA, TELLARITE).


 * Diagnosis and management of pulmonary disorders
 * requires a history and physical examination, and
 * usually internal thorasic imaging. Pulmonary function
 * testing, tricorder analysis of blood gases, chemical
 * or microbiologic interactions, and bronchial pos-
 * XX variances are standard procedures.


 * A sudden explosive expiratory maneuver that tends
 * to clear material from the airways is a familiar but
 * complex reflex. Differences among several sites from
 * which cough stimuli can originate may result in varia-
 * tion in the sounds and patterns of coughing. Cough
 * can protect the lungs against aspiration and..." --Jörg 14:28, 2 December 2006 (UTC)