{"title":"Breathlessness presenting in a 74-year-old man: unravelling this complex clinical syndrome.","authors":"Sheetal Chaurasia, Roshna Raju, Abhinav Raina, Anjana Raina Misri","doi":"10.1183/20734735.0321-2025","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>In patients presenting with type 2 respiratory failure, bilateral diaphragm palsy should be considered a differential. In the absence of a readily treatable aetiology, the mainstay of treatment is supportive with NIV and chest physiotherapy.</b> https://bit.ly/4qPRXpe.</p>","PeriodicalId":9292,"journal":{"name":"Breathe","volume":"22 1","pages":"250321"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5000,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12993743/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Breathe","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1183/20734735.0321-2025","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2026/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"RESPIRATORY SYSTEM","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In patients presenting with type 2 respiratory failure, bilateral diaphragm palsy should be considered a differential. In the absence of a readily treatable aetiology, the mainstay of treatment is supportive with NIV and chest physiotherapy. https://bit.ly/4qPRXpe.