Emergency diagnosis of congestive heart failure: Impact of signs and symptoms

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 921-924

  Muller, Christian ^a   Frana, Barbara ^a   Rodriquez, Daniel ^a   Laule Kilian, Kirsten ^a   Perruchoud, André P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dyspnea; Heart failure; Signs; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NOCTURIA; PAROXYSMAL DYSPNEA; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WHEEZING;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINATION DISORDERS; VENOUS PRESSURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 27744506765     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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