Are you asking the right admission questions when assessing dyspnea?

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 260-269

  MacDonald, Sandra ^a,b   Yates, Jan ^a   Lance, Robyn ^a   Giganti, Noreen ^a   Chepurko, Diana ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DYSPNEA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

DYSPNEA; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT ADMISSION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 22044438107     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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