Weekend versus weekday hospital admissions for acute heart failure

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 444-447

  Gallerani, Massimo ^a   Boari, Benedetta ^a   Manfredini, Fabio ^b   Mari, Elisa ^a   Maraldi, Cinzia ^a   Manfredini, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Mortality; Weekend

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; LEISURE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TREND STUDY;

EID: 78951476272     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.10.113     Document Type: Article

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