Comparison of Four Clinical Prediction Rules for Estimating Risk in Heart Failure

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Auble, Thomas E ^a   Hsieh, Margaret ^a   McCausland, Julie B ^a   Yealy, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34447562983     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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