December 1, 2001Academic Emergency MedicineOpen Access

Incidence of Pericardial Effusion in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Unexplained Dyspnea

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Why the study?

Does focused echocardiography identify pericardial effusion in patients presenting to the ED with unexplained dyspnea?

Structured PICO

Does focused echocardiography identify pericardial effusion in patients presenting to the ED with unexplained dyspnea?

Population

103 patients presenting to an urban community hospital emergency department with unexplained, new-onset dyspnea (lacking pulmonary, infectious, hematological, traumatic, psychiatric, cardiovascular, or neuromuscular explanation after ED evaluation), median age 56 years.

Intervention

Focused echocardiogram by certified emergency physicians

Outcome

Frequency of pericardial effusionsurrogate

Focused bedside echocardiography in the ED can identify pericardial effusions in over 10% of patients presenting with unexplained dyspnea.

Limitations

small numbers

Discussion

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Implication

May support focused echocardiography for unexplained dyspnea in the ED; hypothesis-generating pending prospective validation.

Cite This Study

Michael Blaivas (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71a814ac440176ef2a45fa https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb01130.x

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Echocardiography

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Incidence of Pericardial Effusion in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Unexplained Dyspnea

Structured PICO

Limitations

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

Topics

Incidence of Pericardial Effusion in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Unexplained Dyspnea

Structured PICO

Limitations

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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