Evaluation of the patient with shortness of breath: An evidence based approach

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 221-237

  Michelson, E ^a   Hollrah, S ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL GAS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032974271     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70054-7     Document Type: Article

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