Factors influencing the length of hospital stay of patients with heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-209

  Wright, S P ^a   Verouhis, D ^b   Gamble, G ^a   Swedberg, K ^b   Sharpe, N ^a   Doughty, R N ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Healthcare use; Heart failure; Hospitalisation; Inpatient management; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE; DIURETICS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUROSEMIDE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT READMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0037352912     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(02)00201-5     Document Type: Article

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