Examination and treatment of patients with shortness of breath in an inpatient emergency department
https://doi.org/10.24884/2072-6716-2024-25-3-74-84
Abstract
The review is devoted to some issues of the pathophysiology of acute dyspnea, its clinical manifestations, approaches to assessing severity, as well as some aspects of laboratory and instrumental diagnostics. Considered the use of oxygen therapy and non-invasive methods of respiratory support, which may be required in the process of providing care to patients with shortness of breath in a hospital emergency department.
About the Authors
A. L. Ershov
North-Western State Medical University named after I. I. Mechnikov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ershov Andrey Lvovich
St. Petersburg
T. A. Kolomoytseva
City outpatient clinicNo. 52
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Tatyana A. Kolomoytseva
St. Petersburg
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Ershov A.L., Kolomoytseva T.A. Examination and treatment of patients with shortness of breath in an inpatient emergency department. EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE. 2024;25(3):74-84. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24884/2072-6716-2024-25-3-74-84
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