Approach to undifferentiated dyspnea in emergency department

Approach to respiratory failure in emergency department.

OBJECTIVES AND BACKGROUND The goal of this review is to provide update recommendations that can be used by emergency physicians who provide primary cares to patients with Acute Respiratory Failure (ARF), from the admission to an emergency department through the first 24 to 48 hours of hospitalization. This work wants to address the diagnosis and emergency medical care of ARF and the management ...

Approach to dizziness in the emergency department

Acute dizziness/vertigo is among the most common causes for visiting the emergency department. The traditional approach to dizziness starts with categorizing dizziness into four types: vertigo, presyncope, disequilibrium, and nonspecific dizziness. However, a recently proposed approach begins with classifying dizziness/vertigo as acute prolonged spontaneous dizziness/vertigo, recurrent spontane...

Time course of dyspnea evolution in the emergency department: results from the URGENT dyspnea survey

Approach to undifferentiated chest pain in the emergency department: a review of recent medical literature and published practice guidelines.

Chest pain is the presenting complaint in over 6 million emergency department visits each year. Differentiating acute coronary syndrome (ACS) from other, noncardiac causes of chest pain is imperative in emergency practice. This article reviews the current medical evidence and published guidelines for the diagnosis of undifferentiated chest pain. A MEDLINE database search was conducted for relev...

Utility of impedance cardiography to determine cardiac vs. noncardiac cause of dyspnea in the emergency department.

Determining the correct diagnosis of patients with dyspnea can be challenging. Early and accurate determination of the cause of dyspnea is vital in instituting timely and appropriate interventions. Hemodynamic parameters may aid in the evaluation of dyspnea, but are difficult to assess by physical exam. Impedance cardiography (ICG) is a newly validated method of determining hemodynamic paramete...