Feasibility of a structured 3-minute walk test as a clinical decision tool for patients presenting to the emergency department with acute dyspnoea

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 278-282

  Pan, A M ^a   Stiell, I G ^a,c   Clement, C M ^b,c   Acheson, J ^a   Aaron, S D ^b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 64949127118     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.059774     Document Type: Article

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