The Emergency Department presenting complaint as predictor of in-hospital fatality

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 324-331

  Safwenberg, Urban ^a   Terént, Andreas ^a   Lind, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emergency department; In hospital fatality rate; Nonsurgical patients; Presenting complaint; Risk prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISABILITY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTOXICATION; LEG SWELLING; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEIZURE; SEX RATIO; STROKE; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; VERTIGO;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 35648971520     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32827b14dd     Document Type: Article

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