Complex Breathlessness

James H. Hull is a Consultant Respiratory Physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital (London, UK) and an Honorary Professor at University College London (London, UK). Jemma Haines is Chief Allied Health Professional at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (Manchester, UK) and NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre PhD Fellow. In 2021, Jemma was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s birthday honours list and a Fellow of the RCSLT.

The epidemiology of breathlessness; The neuroscience of breathlessness; The physiology of breathlessness; Tools for assessing complex breathlessness; A systematic approach to assessing complex breathlessness; Laryngeal considerations in complex breathlessness; Breathlessness in large airway collapse; Breathing pattern disorder; Complex breathlessness: allergic factors; Pulmonary vascular causes of complex breathlessness: exercise pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary veno-occlusive disease and pre-load failure; Cardiovascular causes of complex breathlessness; Complex breathlessness in postural tachycardia syndrome and autonomic dysfunction; Complex breathlessness: assessment of treatment adherence and treatable traits; Challenges in the approach to the management of complex or unexplained breathlessness; The management of chronic breathlessness