Do Hemoglobin and Creatinine Clearance Affect Hospital Readmission Rates from a Skilled Nursing Facility Heart Failure Rehabilitation Unit?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 194-198

  Tamhane, Umesh ^a   Voytas, John ^a   Aboufakher, Rabeea ^a   Maddens, Michael ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardio renal anemia; creatinine clearance; Heart failure; hemoglobin; rehospitalization; skilled nursing facility

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CARDIO RENAL ANEMIA SYNDROME; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 39149100934     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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