Acute respiratory failure in the elderly: Diagnosis and prognosis

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 251-257

  Delerme, Samuel ^a   Ray, Patrick ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory failure; BNP; Congestive heart failure; Elderly; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAPTOPRIL; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NITRATE; OXYGEN; PROCALCITONIN; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AGED; BOLUS INJECTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE MASK; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG ALVEOLUS HYPOVENTILATION; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDLINE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 43149096486     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn060     Document Type: Review

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