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Table 4 Emergency treatment of patients with suspected cardiac dyspneaa

From: Management of suspected acute heart failure dyspnea in the emergency department: results from the French prospective multicenter DeFSSICA survey

 

HF (n = 537)

Not HF (n = 158)

P

Furosemide

395 (75)

45 (29)

<.0001

Oxygen

360 (68)

68 (43)

<.0001

Nitrates

101 (19)

11 (6.9)

.00043

Anticoagulant

38 (7.0)

18 (11)

.13

NIV/Boussignac CPAP

54 (10.0)

6 (3.8)

.20

Antiarrythmics

25 (4.7)

8 (5.0)

.96

Inotropic agents

3 (0.6)

1 (0.3)

.61

Tracheal intubation

1 (0.2)

1 (0.3)

.95

None

34 (6.3)

44 (28)

<.0001

  1. Data are presented as n (%)
  2. CPAP continuous positive airway pressure, HF heart failure, NIV non-invasive ventilation
  3. aData are presented as n (%) or median (IQR) and are among patients who underwent the relevant test and had non-missing data