A case of extreme hypercapnia: Implications for the prehospital and accident and emergency department management of acutely dyspnoeic patients

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-120

  Urwin, L ^a   Murphy, R ^a   Robertson, C ^a   Pollok, A ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GAS POISONING; HEART ATRIUM HYPERTROPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETHARGY; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA;

BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING;

EID: 0842329531     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.005009     Document Type: Article

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