Effectiveness of prehospital continuous positive airway pressure in the management of acute pulmonary edema

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 430-439

  Hubble, Michael W ^a   Richards, Michael E ^b   Jarvis, Roger ^c   Millikan, Tori ^d   Young, Dwayne ^d  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Forsyth County EMS   (United States)

^d Guilford County Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous positive airway pressure; Emergency medical services; EMS; Paramedic; Pulmonary edema; Respiratory distress

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; MORPHINE; NITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EDEMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749036303     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120600884848     Document Type: Article

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