Identification of Emergency Department Patients With Acute Heart Failure at Low Risk for 30-Day Adverse Events: The STRATIFY Decision Tool

JACC: Heart Failure

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 737-747

  Collins, Sean P ^a,b   Jenkins, Cathy A ^a   Harrell, Frank E ^a   Liu, Dandan ^a   Miller, Karen F ^a   Lindsell, Christopher J ^c   Naftilan, Allen J ^a   McPherson, John A ^a   Maron, David J ^d   Sawyer, Douglas B ^e   Weintraub, Neal L ^f   Fermann, Gregory J ^c   Roll, Susan K ^c   Sperling, Matthew ^c   Storrow, Alan B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute heart failure; Decision tool; Emergency department; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TACHYPNEA; ACUTE DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943387824     PISSN: 22131779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.05.007     Document Type: Article

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