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CO2 measurement for the early differential diagnosis of pulmonary embolism-related shock at the emergency department: A case series

OBJECTIVE: An early differential diagnosis is mandatory when facing a patient with clinical shock of unclear aetiology, in order to guide proper treatment. We assessed if the expired CO(2) measurement and alveolar-arterial CO(2) calculation could improve the differential diagnosis of shock during it...

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Autores principales: Van Marcke, Cédric, Daoudia, Anas, Penaloza, Andrea, Verschuren, Franck
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26744671
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.09.004