title: [Acute dyspnoea].
abstract: Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, interstitial lung diseases and myocardial dysfunction are the leading diagnoses of patients with dyspnoea. Acute dyspnoea appears suddenly or within a few hours and is caused by a relatively limited number of conditions some of which can be life-threatening. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to identify the cause of dyspnoea immediately. Once found, the disorder is treated according to the guidelines for the underlying disease.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Innere Medizin, Schwerpunkt Pneumologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg. wagnerul@mailer.uni-marburg.de
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vogelmeier
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011379:Prognosis; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors