title: [Ermergency diagnostics and therapeutic management of acute dyspnea].
abstract: This article presents the relevant diagnostic examinations and principles for the initial management of acute dyspnea in detail. The emergency physician must work through broad differential diagnostic considerations while providing appropriate initial treatment for a potentially life-threatening disease. The airway, breathing and circulation are the primary focus for the emergency physician when beginning emergency management. As soon as these are stabilized, further clinical investigations and treatment can be continued. The appropriate place for further treatment is determined by risk stratification.
authors.affiliation: Zentrale Notaufnahme, Caritas-Krankenhaus St. Josef, Landshuter Straße 65, 93053, Regensburg, Deutschland. ahuefner@caritasstjosef.de.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hüfner
authors.affiliation: Notfallzentrum, Städtisches Klinikum Bogenhausen, Englschalkinger Straße 77, München, 81925, Deutschland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dodt
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000465:Algorithms; D003422:Critical Care; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D061345:Early Medical Intervention; D004630:Emergencies; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Breathlessness; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Emergency department; Emergency medicine; Heart failure