Low-risk acute heart failure patients: External validation of the society of chest pain center's recommendations

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 99-103

  Collins, Sean P ^a   Lindsell, Christopher J ^a   Naftilan, Allen J ^b   Peacock, W Frank ^c   Diercks, Deborah ^d   Hiestand, Brian ^e   Maisel, Alan ^f   Storrow, Alan B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute heart failure; Low risk; Society of chest pain center; Validation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM; TROPONIN T; UREA;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOGRAPHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONSENSUS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPONATREMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT MONITORING; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SINUS NODE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STENT; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VALIDATION STUDY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; WHEEZING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEST PAIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349098095     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e3181b5a534     Document Type: Article

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