'I can't breathe': Assessment and emergency management of acute dyspnoea

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 523-529

  Thomas, Peter ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; STANDARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TRIAGE;

EID: 25144450639     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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