Effective observation unit treatment of decompensated heart failure

Congestive Heart Failure

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 68-73

  Peacock IV, William Franklin ^a   Remer, Erica E ^a   Aponte, Josef ^a   Moffa, Donald A ^a   Emerman, Charles E ^a   Albert, Nancy M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; SAFETY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036221771     PISSN: 10797998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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