Breathlessness – current and emerging mechanisms, measurement and management: A discussion from an European Association of Palliative Care workshop.

The article discusses the aspects of breathlessness including its existing mechanisms, diagnosis, and treatment as tackled in a workshop of the European Association of Palliative Care in 2012. It mentions the scope and focus of the condition, which cannot be treated by a single intervention. It cites seceral diagonstic tools used for the condition such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and position emission tomography (PET).