Using the LACE index to predict hospital readmissions in congestive heart failure patients

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Hao ^a   Robinson, Richard D ^a   Johnson, Carlos ^a   Zenarosa, Nestor R ^a   Jayswal, Rani D ^a   Keithley, Joshua ^a   Delaney, Kathleen A ^a  

^a Department of Emergency Medicine Integrative Emergency Service John Peter Smith Health Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LACE INDEX; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; YOUNG ADULT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT READMISSION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905864170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-14-97     Document Type: Article

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