Considerations for initial therapy in the treatment of acute heart failure

Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Peacock, William F ^a   Cannon, Chad M ^b   Singer, Adam J ^c   Hiestand, Brian C ^d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; SACUBITRIL PLUS VALSARTAN; SERELAXIN; TROPONIN; URODILATIN; CARDIOTONIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAL SIGN; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOMARKERS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84946841195     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-015-1114-3     Document Type: Review

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