acute dyspnea
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients who admitted to our emergency with the chief compliant of acute dyspnea, with or without haemodynamic instability; 2. Acute dyspnea is defined as "a subjective experience of breathing discomfort that consists of qualitatively distinct sensations that vary in intensity and admitted to our emergency within 3 weeks of symptom onset"; 3. The diagnostic criteria of haemodynamic instability: (1) reasonable cause of haemodynamic instability could be fined; (2) consciousness disturbance; (3) pulse rate>100bpm or pulse couldn't be touched; (4) microcirculation collapse; (5) systolic pressure 30% of the basal value in primary hypertension patients.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. patients who can not go through pulmonary and cardiac ultrasound examination because of severe chest deformity or subcutaneous emphysema; 2. patients who abandoning treatment during hospital; 3. patients who suffering mental disorder.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| heart and lung ultrasound;serum enzyme activity;ECG;chest X-ray;thoracic CT scans; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Jiangsu Hospital of Integrated Traditional and West Medicine