Researchers at Otto-von-Guericke University in Germany developed a patient-reported scale to quantify dyspnea in ALS — the Dyspnea-ALS-Scale (DALS-15) — to help doctors evaluate respiratory problems and to support decision-making regarding NIV. A DALS-15 validation study showed that the scale was highly reliable, and confirmed that dyspnea cannot be fully captured using objective parameters like spirometry or blood gas analyses. Click here to view the full article.
