Risk stratification for in-hospital mortality in acutely decompensated heart failure: Classification and regression tree analysis

JAMA

Volumn 293, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 572-580

  Fonarow, Gregg C ^a,f   Adams, Kirkwood F ^c   Abraham, William T ^d   Yancy, Clyde W ^e   Boscardin, W John ^b  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 12844281204     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.293.5.572     Document Type: Article

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