The epidemiology and outcome of prehospital respiratory distress

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 543-550

  Prekker, Matthew E ^a   Feemster, Laura C ^a,b   Hough, Catherine L ^a   Carlbom, David ^a   Crothers, Kristina ^a   Au, David H ^a,b   Rea, Thomas D ^c   Seymour, Christopher W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Emergency Medical Services Division   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSOCIATION; ASTHMA; BREATHING RATE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; INTENSIVE CARE; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84901021872     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12380     Document Type: Article

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