[Cardiogenic pulmonary edema - truth and myths in the perspective of emergency medicine] - Publication

Publication

[Cardiogenic pulmonary edema - truth and myths in the perspective of emergency medicine]

Journal Paper/Review - Sep 19, 2012

Osterwalder Joseph

Citation

Osterwalder J. [Cardiogenic pulmonary edema - truth and myths in the perspective of emergency medicine]. Praxis (Bern 1994) 2012; 101:1251-9.

Type

Journal Paper/Review (Deutsch)

Journal

Praxis (Bern 1994) 2012; 101

Publication Date

Sep 19, 2012

Issn Print

1661-8157

Pages

1251-9

Brief description/objective

This critical analysis of the traditional pathophysiological approach to the diagnosis and treatment of cardiogenic pulmonary edema calls into question some long-established ideas and interventions that ought to be replaced by better evidence-based concepts.