Predictors of emergency department observation unit outcomes

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 869-874

  Burkhardt, John ^a   Peacock, W Frank ^b   Emerman, Charles L ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute decompensated heart failure; Blood urea nitrogen; BUN; Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services; Emergency department; Heart failure; Observation unit

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CREATININE; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEMOGLOBINS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; OHIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PULMONARY EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SODIUM;

EID: 23944501636     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.03.534     Document Type: Article

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