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.
SI unit. n any of the units adopted for international use under the SystÃ¨me International d'UnitÃ©s, now employed for all scientific and most technical purposes. There are seven fundamental units: the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole; and two supplementary units: the radian and the steradian.