Changes Clinical Practice: Intensivists should start using Doppler echocardiography (assessing all parameters of left ventricular [LV] filling pressures: E, A, E wave deceleration time (EDT), E/EDT, E ...

Point-of-Care UltraSonography (POCUS) deployed during the emergency treatment of patients with acute dyspnea has enormous advantages over standard diagnostic pathways. This is the finding of a joint ...

According to the results of a study carried out in a hospital emergency department, a simple test that measures B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), a marker of heart failure, greatly helps clinicians to ...

Dyspnea is the medical term for difficulty breathing or shortness of breath. It is a symptom of many conditions that affect the respiratory system. Shortness of breath can range from mild and ...

When you have shortness of breath, you can't catch your breath or get enough air in your lungs. Your doctor might call it dyspnea. It can be a warning sign of a health problem that needs treatment ...