Evaluation of chronic dyspnea

American Family Physician

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1529-1537

  Karnani, Neel G ^a   Reisfield, Gary M ^a,b   Wilson, George R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRONCHIECTASIS; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ESOPHAGUS PH; EXERCISE TEST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 17644413813     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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