TY - JOUR T1 - Respiratory problems on the acute take: pleural disease and acute dyspnoea JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 288 LP - 291 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.8-3-288 VL - 8 IS - 3 AU - Nicola J Stevenson AU - Jon Simpson Y1 - 2008/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/8/3/288.abstract N2 - Respiratory disease contributes significantly to the workload of the acute medical take. This article, aimed at all physicians, reviews the evidence base for common respiratory conditions presenting as an acute emergency. There is particular emphasis on pleural disease and respiratory diagnoses likely to present with acute breathlessness. ER -