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Causes of dyspnea can range from the benign to the immediately life-threatening. This chapter will summarize the most common etiologies of dyspnea encountered in primary care clinics, urgent care clinics, and emergency departments. Focus will be made on the treatment of causes most amenable to outpatient management, with delineation of situations where inpatient admission or consultation is warranted.

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  1. Emergency Medicine, UF Health Shands Hospital, 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA

    Michael Marchick MD

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA

    Bobby Desai

  2. Department of Community Health & Family Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA

    Alpa Desai

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Marchick, M. (2017). Dyspnea. In: Desai, B., Desai, A. (eds) Primary Care for Emergency Physicians. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44360-7_12

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