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Revue médicale suisse · Aug 2007
Review[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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