Concordance of field and emergency department assessment in the prehospital management of patients with dyspnea

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 440-444

  Pozner, Charles N ^a,c   Levine, Michael ^b   Shapiro, Nathan ^a   Hanrahan, John P ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Dyspnea; Emergency department; Paramedics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0142031018     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/312703002144     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Wilkes MS, Middlekauff H, Hoffman JR. Heart failure: Part I. First hospitalization and post hospital care. West J Med. 1999; 170:268-73.
2. Dickinson ET, O'Connor RE, Megargel R. The prehospital use of nebulized albuterol on patients with wheezing whose chief complaint is shortness of breath. Del Med J. 1992;64:479-83.
3. Vital and Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Statistics. Advance Data No. 304; May 6, 1999.
4. Hoffman JR, Luo J, Schriger DL, et al. Does paramedic-base contact result in beneficial deviations from standard prehospital protocols? West J Med. 1990;153:283-7.
5. Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services. Emergency Medical Services Prehospital Treatment Protocols. November 2000.
6. Bertini G, Giglioti C, Biggeri A, et al. Intravenous nitrates in the prehospital management of acute pulmonary edema. Ann Emerg Med. 1997;30:493-9.
7. Hardman JG, Limbird LE. Goodman and Gilman's Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 10th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.
8. Eckstein M, Suyehara D. Ability of paramedics to treat patients with congestive heart failure via standing treatment protocols. Am J Emerg Med. 2002;20:23-5.
9. Wuerz RC, Meador SA. Effects of prehospital medications on mortality and length of stay in congestive heart failure. Ann Emerg Med. 1992;21:669-74.
10. Packer M. Beta blockade in the management of chronic heart failure. Another step in the conceptual evolution of a neurohormonal model of the disease. Eur Heart J. 1996;17(suppl B):21-3.
11. Uren NG, Davies SW, Jordan SL. Inhaled bronchodilators increase maximum oxygen consumption in left ventricular failure. Eur Heart J. 1993;14:744-50.
12. Hoffman JR, Reynolds SR. Comparison of nitroglycerin, morphine, and furosemide in the treatment of presumed pre-hospital pulmonary edema. Chest. 1987;92:586-93.
13. Schaider JJ, Rissio JC, Rydam RJ, et al. Paramedic diagnostic accuracy for patients complaining of chest pain and shortness of breath. Prehosp Disaster Med. 1995;10:245-50.