Delayed hospital presentation in acute decompensated heart failure: Clinical and patient reported factors

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 281-286

  Darling, Chad ^a   Saczynski, Jane S ^a   McManus, David D ^a   Lessard, Darleen ^a   Spencer, Frederick A ^b   Goldberg, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Care seeking behavior; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CARDIAC PATIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPNEA; FAMILY; FATALITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY; THORAX PAIN; WORK;

ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE; ADHF; CARE SEEKING BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; CI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COPD; ED; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; HEART FAILURE; HF; ODDS RATIO; OR;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84880039227     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: 15273288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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