Abstract:
:Acute dyspnea in older patients is a common presentation to the emergency department. Acute dyspnea in older adults is often the consequence of multiple overlapping disorders, such as pneumonia precipitating acute heart failure. Emergency physicians must be comfortable managing patients with acute dyspnea of uncertain cause and varying goals of care. In addition to the important role noninvasive ventilation (NIV) plays in full resuscitation, NIV can be useful as a method of providing supportive or nearly fully supportive care while more information is gathered from the patients and their loved ones.
journal_name
Emerg Med Clin North Amjournal_title
Emergency medicine clinics of North Americaauthors
Tyler K,Stevenson Ddoi
10.1016/j.emc.2015.08.003subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-02-01 00:00:00pages
39-49issue
1eissn
0733-8627issn
1558-0539pii
S0733-8627(15)00069-3journal_volume
34pub_type
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