An algorithmic approach to chronic dyspnea

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1014-1021

  Pratter, Melvin R ^a   Abouzgheib, Wissam ^b   Akers, Stephen ^a   Kass, Jonathan ^a   Bartter, Thaddeus ^c  

^a Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^b Cardiology and Cardiovascular Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Diagnosis; Dyspnea

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SARCOIDOSIS; SPIROMETRY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THERAPY EFFECT; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79957498234     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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