title: Acute congestive heart failure in the emergency department.
abstract: Acute heart failure and cardiogenic pulmonary edema is a common cause of respiratory distress among patients presenting to the emergency department. The emergency department is frequently the primary entry point into the health care system for these patients and is the site of initial stabilization, evaluation, and management of the patient.Emergency physicians, alongside cardiologists, play a critical role as these patients are treated in the emergency department and transferred to the cardiac ICU. The approach to the critically ill patient who has heart failure should be multidisciplinary and involve the emergency physician and the cardiologist who will care for the patient.
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 South Paca Street, Sixth Floor, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Erika D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Feller
authors.forename: Stephen S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Gottlieb
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D014665:Vasodilator Agents