title: Bedside evaluation in cardiac emergencies. Criteria for rapid diagnosis.
abstract: Because timely diagnosis and treatment are essential in cardiac emergencies, every physician who provides primary critical care should master the art of cardiovascular examination. In particular, this requires patience and skill at auscultation, as subtle differences in murmurs, for example, often differentiate two conditions. With a tentative diagnosis, the physician can then choose only the necessary confirmatory tests.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis; D006346:Heart Septum; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000175:diagnosis; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000175:diagnosis