Epidémiologie des patients se présentant aux urgences pour dyspnée en Belgique. ; Epidemiology of patients presenting to the emergency room for dyspnea in Belgium.

editorial reviewed ; Studies about patients' profile presenting to the emergency department for dyspnea are scarce in Europe, and even more in Belgium. We analyze here a cohort of patients with acute dyspnea in three Belgian centers, as to the epidemiology of this dyspnea, the tests carried out, the diagnoses retained, the treatments administered, the hospitalization and survival rates. The secondary objective is to compare this Belgian cohort with a European population resulting from a large multicenter study. The analysis of 131 patients showed that acute dyspnea in the emergency department... Mehr ...