TY - BOOK AU - Reham Aly Rashad AU - Amany Atfelkarim Abouzaid , AU - Hussein Heshmat Mohammed , AU - Magdy Abdelhamid Abdelaziz , TI - Role of serum procalcitonin and high sensitivity C- reactive protein in distinguishing cardiac from pulmonary causes in patients with acute shortness of breath / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Reham Aly Rashad , KW - Acute shortness KW - C- reactive protein in distinguishing cardiac KW - Procalcitonin and high sensitivity N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology; Issued also as CD N2 - Background : Rapid and accurate diagnosis and management can be lifesaving for patients with acute dyspnea . However making a differential diagnosis and selecting early treatment for patients with acute dyspnea in the emergency setting is a clinical challenge that requires complex decision - making in order to achieve hemodyamic blance improve functional capacity decrease unnecessary usage of antibiotic therapy and decrease mortality ER -