Respiratory and Airway Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

In this issue of�Emergency Medicine linics,�guest�editors�Drs.�Haney�Mallemat�and�Terren�Trott�bring�their�considerable expertise to the topic of�Respiratory and Airway Emergencies.�Respiratory emergencies may range from "shortness of breath,� or dyspnea, to complete respiratory arrest, or apnea, in which the patient is no longer breathing. In this issue,�top experts in the field�address�topics such as pulmonary�hypertension;�COPD and�asthma; pulmonary�embolism; special�procedures; procedures for the�challenging�airway; physiologically�difficult�intubation; and more.