The appropriate alternative therapy for shortness of breath depends on the underlying cause of the condition. When dyspnea is acute and severe, oxygen therapy is used either in the doctor's office or in the emergency room. For shortness of breath with an underlying physical cause like asthma, anaphylactic shock, or pneumonia, the physical condition should be treated.
The International System of Units (abbreviated SI from systeme internationale, the French version of the name) is a scientific method of expressing the magnitudes or quantities of important natural phenomena.
Dose: A general term used to refer to the effect on a material that is exposed to radiation. 1  Gray (Gy): The international system (SI) unit of radiation dose expressed in terms of absorbed energy per unit mass of tissue. 2  Sievert (Sv): A sievert is the standard international measurement of dose. 3  rad (R): The original unit developed for expressing ...