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Acute respiratory failure in the elderly: etiology, emergency diagnosis and prognosis

INTRODUCTION: Our objectives were to determine the causes of acute respiratory failure (ARF) in elderly patients and to assess the accuracy of the initial diagnosis by the emergency physician, and that of the prognosis. METHOD: In this prospective observational study, patients were included if they...

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Autores principales: Ray, Patrick, Birolleau, Sophie, Lefort, Yannick, Becquemin, Marie-Hélène, Beigelman, Catherine, Isnard, Richard, Teixeira, Antonio, Arthaud, Martine, Riou, Bruno, Boddaert, Jacques
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16723034
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc4926