A clinical prediction model to estimate risk for 30-day adverse events in emergency department patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Barrett, Tyler W ^a   Martin, Amy R ^a   Storrow, Alan B ^a   Jenkins, Cathy A ^a   Harrell Jr , Frank E ^a   Russ, Stephan ^a   Roden, Dan M ^a   Darbar, Dawood ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; SOTALOL; STATIN; VERAPAMIL; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BOOTSTRAPPING; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART FAILURE; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METASTASIS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NAUSEA; PACEMAKER FAILURE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SMOKING; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOEMBOLISM; WEAKNESS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650470824     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.05.031     Document Type: Article

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