Patients presenting to the emergency department with acute dyspnea undergo arterial blood gas measurement and monitoring of transcutaneous capnography using the TCM5 monitor. The aim of this study is to determine whether GapCO2, the difference between transcutaneous and arterial pCO2 (PaCO2 - PtcCO2), is correlated with the congestive or non-congestive origin of dyspnea.
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GapCO2
Timeframe: Within 1 hour after enrolment