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. 2012 Feb 15;185(4):435–452. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201111-2042ST

TABLE 3.

DESCRIPTORS FOR AIR HUNGER COMMONLY CHOSEN FROM LISTS

Urge to breathe (115) Unsatisfied inspiration (83)
Like breath hold (115) Feeling of suffocation (115)
Starved for air (115) Need for more air (37)
Hunger for air (115) Breath does not go in all the way (37)
Breaths felt too small (115) Cannot get enough air (58)

Numbers in parentheses indicate reference numbers.