Moving toward comprehensive acute heart failure risk assessment in the emergency department: The importance of self-care and shared decision making

JACC: Heart Failure

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 273-280

  Collins, Sean P ^a   Storrow, Alan B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute heart failure; Emergency department; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXERCISE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MONITORING; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE;

ACUTE DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE;

EID: 84881503743     PISSN: 22131779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2013.05.002     Document Type: Review

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