Prehospital therapy for acute congestive heart failure: State of the art

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-23

  Mosesso, Vincent N ^a   Dunford, James ^b   Blackwell, Thomas ^c   Griswell, John K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Medstar Ambulance and Emergency Physicians Advisory Board   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute management; Acute pulmonary edema; CHF; Congestive heart failure; Diagnosis; Pathogenesis; Prehospital care

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MORPHINE;

ANAMNESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING PRESSURE; HEART PRELOAD; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 0037233997     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120390937049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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