title: Respiratory Emergencies in Geriatric Patients.
abstract: Acute dyspnea in older patients is a common presentation to the emergency department. Acute dyspnea in older adults is often the consequence of multiple overlapping disorders, such as pneumonia precipitating acute heart failure. Emergency physicians must be comfortable managing patients with acute dyspnea of uncertain cause and varying goals of care. In addition to the important role noninvasive ventilation (NIV) plays in full resuscitation, NIV can be useful as a method of providing supportive or nearly fully supportive care while more information is gathered from the patients and their loved ones.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Davis, 4150 V Street, PSSB 2100, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. Electronic address: krtyler@ucdavis.edu.
authors.forename: Katren
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tyler
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Davis, 4150 V Street, PSSB 2100, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
authors.forename: Dane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stevenson
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D058109:Airway Management / Q000379:methods*; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Acute dyspnea; Geriatric; Lungs; Respiratory emergency