Changes Clinical Practice: Intensivists should start using Doppler echocardiography (assessing all parameters of left ventricular [LV] filling pressures: E, A, E wave deceleration time (EDT), E/EDT, E ...

Point-of-Care UltraSonography (POCUS) deployed during the emergency treatment of patients with acute dyspnea has enormous advantages over standard diagnostic pathways. This is the finding of a joint ...

(HealthDay)—For patients with acute dyspnea with diagnostic uncertainty, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can be a helpful addition to the standard diagnostic pathway, according to a new clinical ...

"Results of the study show ularitide to be well tolerated and indicate clear, dose-dependent favorable hemodynamic effects and improvements in cardiac output and dyspnea," Dr Veselin Mitrovic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The ACP has issued a new guideline that recommends clinicians use point-of-care ultrasound along with the ...

BARCELONA, Spain—For patients admitted with acute heart failure (HF), a restrictive strategy for oxygenation leads to greater decongestion than does a liberal approach, according to new data from the ...

The natriuretic peptides, specifically brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), are the most specific and applicable laboratory tests available to establish fluid overload associated with HF. 9 BNP is ...

A 27-year-old woman presents to an emergency department (ED) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, due to a choking sensation and extreme shortness of breath. She states that her symptoms have varied in intensity ...

Patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) who take ticagrelor are known to be at higher risk for dyspnea than their counterparts who receive clopidogrel. New findings published online January 9, ...

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with rheumatic diseases, such as connective-tissue diseases, rheumatoid arthritis and systemic vasculitis. Some ...

MOUNTAINEERS have from time to time reported cases of rapid death attributed to pneumonia, occurring most often in healthy, active persons engaged in strenuous activity at altitudes from 14,000 feet ...

Dyspnea, or shortness of breath, is the sensation of being unable to take a deep breath. A person may say that this feels like not being able to breathe all the way. There are numerous possible ...