Can Braden Score Predict Outcomes for Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1328-1332

  Bandle, Brian ^a   Ward, Kelsey ^b   Min, Sung Joon ^b   Drake, Cynthia ^b   McIlvennan, Colleen K ^b   Kao, David ^b   Wald, Heidi L ^b  

^a State of New York Dept of Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Braden Scale; frailty; heart failure; mortality; risk prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADEN SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITALIZATION; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE ULCER; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGED; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85013459715     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14801     Document Type: Article

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