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Are arterial blood gases necessary in the evaluation of acutely dyspneic patients?

Arterial blood gases (ABG) are obtained commonly in dyspneic persons presenting to emergency departments. The study by Burri and colleagues found that the information contained in ABG fails to distinguish between pulmonary and other causes of dyspnea. On the other hand, arterial pH was highly predic...

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Autores principales: Junker, Christopher, Gutierrez, Guillermo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3387586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21892979
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc10279

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