Observation unit management of heart failure

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 209-232

  Peacock IV, William Franklin ^a   Albert, Nancy M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSERVATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0035140185     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8627(05)70176-0     Document Type: Review

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