Acute Dyspnea in the Office

American Family Physician

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1803-1810

  Zoorob, Roger J ^a,b,c   Campbell, James S ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD GAS; BREATHING DISORDER; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; CROUP; CYANOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIGLOTTITIS; FEVER; FOREIGN BODY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTUBATION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MENTAL HEALTH; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; OXYGENATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SORE THROAT; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STRIDOR; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; WHEEZING;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TRIAGE;

EID: 0242592205     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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