Associations between worsening renal function and 30-day outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with heart failure

American Heart Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Patel, Uptal D ^a,b   Greiner, Melissa A ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^c   Phatak, Hemant ^d   Hernandez, Adrian F ^a,b   Curtis, Lesley H ^a,b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 77955695336     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.03.033     Document Type: Article

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