TY - JOUR
T1 - Intravenous nitrates in the prehospital management of acute pulmonary edema
AU - Bertini, G.
AU - Giglioli, C.
AU - Biggeri, A.
AU - Margheri, M.
AU - Simonetti, I.
AU - Sica, M. L.
AU - Russo, L.
AU - Gensini, G.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Study objective: We sought to assess the effect of nitrates on prehospital mortality among patients with acute pulmonary edema (APE). Methods: The study involved a retrospective evaluation of the records of prehospital outcome in 640 patients with APE rescued by the mobile CCU (MCCU) of Florence, Italy, between January 1980 and December 1991. The MCCU serves an urban environment with a population of 400,000 in a 102-sq km area. In the years 1980 through 1983, patients were treated with oxygen, morphine, furosemide, digoxin, nitrates, aminophylline, or dopamine, according to the attending physician's judgment. From 1984 through 1991, new guidelines for the use of intravenous nitrates, based on differential treatment according to blood pressure, were in use. Results: Overall prehospital mortality rate for APE in all patients was 7.8% (50 of of 640 patients). Mortality after 1984 was significantly lower than before (5.3% versus 13%, P
AB - Study objective: We sought to assess the effect of nitrates on prehospital mortality among patients with acute pulmonary edema (APE). Methods: The study involved a retrospective evaluation of the records of prehospital outcome in 640 patients with APE rescued by the mobile CCU (MCCU) of Florence, Italy, between January 1980 and December 1991. The MCCU serves an urban environment with a population of 400,000 in a 102-sq km area. In the years 1980 through 1983, patients were treated with oxygen, morphine, furosemide, digoxin, nitrates, aminophylline, or dopamine, according to the attending physician's judgment. From 1984 through 1991, new guidelines for the use of intravenous nitrates, based on differential treatment according to blood pressure, were in use. Results: Overall prehospital mortality rate for APE in all patients was 7.8% (50 of of 640 patients). Mortality after 1984 was significantly lower than before (5.3% versus 13%, P
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M3 - Article
C2 - 9326864
AN - SCOPUS:0030768333
VL - 30
SP - 493
EP - 499
JO - Annals of Emergency Medicine
JF - Annals of Emergency Medicine
SN - 0196-0644
IS - 4
ER -