Predicting the risk of reattendance for acute heart failure patients discharged from Spanish Emergency Department observation units

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 197-202

  Miró, Óscar ^a   Llorens, Pere ^c   Martín Sánchez, Francisco Javier ^d   Herrero, Pablo ^e   Jacob, Javier ^b   Pérez Durá, María José ^f   González, Cesar ^g   Alonso, Héctor ^h   Gil, Victor ^a   Álvarez, Ana Bella ^e   Perelló, Rafel ^a   González Armengol, Juan Jorge ^d  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b L'Hospitalet de Llobregat   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^h Hospital Marques de Valdecilla   (Spain)

Author keywords

acute heart failure; emergency department; mortality; observation unit; revisit

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77954536690     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32832f7666     Document Type: Article

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