Differences in long-term mortality for different emergency department presenting complaints

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-16

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

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Long term mortality; Presenting complaint; Risk prediction; Standardized mortality ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALLERGY; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EMERGENCY WARD; FATIGUE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSECT BITE; LEG SWELLING; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; STROKE; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; VERTIGO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 44449092760     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2007.00004.x     Document Type: Article

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