(1) He had noticed increasing exertional dyspnoea and noisy breathing in the two months prior to presentation.(2) A 52 year old woman developed acute dyspnoea and hypoxia two hours after rapid drainage of a large left tuberculous pleural effusion.(3) Ordinary physical exercise does not cause fatigue, dyspnoea or palpitations(4) many soldiers presented with acute dyspnoea(5) Acute dyspnea is a common clinical finding in the emergency department and other urgent care locations.(6) She was admitted to another hospital, where she continued to have shortness of breath and dyspnea .(7) Although treatment with bronchodilators was started, his symptoms worsened progressively over the next two weeks, and he became acutely dyspnoeic at rest.(8) On examination, the patient was mildly dyspneic , with massive ascites, left pleural effusion, left axillary lymphadenopathy and no hepatosplenomegaly.(9) This scanner also will allow us to obtain diagnostic scans in patients who are too dyspneic to hold their breath.(10) A quiet chest in a dyspneic or obtunded patient with asthma is a serious event.(11) The technique of spiral CT scanning is particularly useful for evaluating dyspneic patients because of its shorter imaging time and higher-resolution images.