Patient safety analysis of the ED care of patients with heart failure and COPD exacerbations: A multicenter prospective cohort study

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-35

  Calder, Lisa ^a,b   Tierney, Sarah ^c   Jiang, Yue ^a   Gagné, Austin ^a   Gee, Andrew ^a   Hobden, Elisabeth ^a   Vaillancourt, Christian ^a,b   Perry, Jeffrey ^a,b   Stiell, Ian ^a,b   Forster, Alan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84890439542     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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