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CPAP in acute left ventricular failure
  1. Rupert Jackson,
  2. Simon Carley
  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M139WL, UK

    https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.18.1.63

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      Clinical scenario

      A 76 year old man is brought into accident and emergency in a collapsed state. He has a history of ischaemic heart disease. He is agitated, tachypnoeic and sweating profusely. His neck veins are distended and there are widespread coarse crepitations in his chest. He has a …

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