• Revue médicale suisse · Aug 2007

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    [Initial management of acute heart failure in the emergency department].

    • C Salathé and F P Sarasin.
    • Service de médecine interne générale, Département de médecine interne HUG, 1211 Genève 14. Cecile.Salathe@hcuge.ch
    • Rev Med Suisse. 2007 Aug 15; 3 (121): 1822-5.

    AbstractAcute decompensated heart failure is one of the most leading diseases among elderly patients presenting in the emergency department with a chief complaint of dyspnea. Initial management is crucial for the patient's outcome. In this article we propose a review of diagnosis, treatment, stratification and orientation of patients admitted to emergency department with acute heart failure in light of recent recommendations.

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