Prediction of emergent heart failure death by semi-quantitative triage risk stratification

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  van Spall, Harriette G C ^a   Atzema, Clare ^b   Schull, Michael J ^b   Newton, Gary E ^b,c   Mak, Susanna ^b,c   Chong, Alice ^b   Tu, Jack V ^b   Stukel, Thérèse A ^b   Lee, Douglas S ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CANADIAN TRIAGE ACUITY SCALE; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; CANADA; DYSPNEA; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CANADA; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE;

EID: 80051506721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023065     Document Type: Article

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