Defining the outcome measures for out-of-hospital trials in acute pulmonary edema

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 983-988

  Welsford, Michelle ^a   Morrison, Laurie J ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Emergency treatment; Heart failure, congestive; Pulmonary edema; Survey methodology; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY EDEMA; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0036794616     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.10.983     Document Type: Article

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