Patterns and predictors of short-term death after emergency department discharge

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Gabayan, Gelareh Z ^a,b,c   Derose, Stephen F ^d   Asch, Steven M ^a,b   Yiu, Sau ^d   Lancaster, Elizabeth M ^c,d   Poon, K Trudy ^d   Hoffman, Jerome R ^e   Sun, Benjamin C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81555203419     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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