Prehospital delay, precipitants of admission, and length of stay in patients with exacerbation of heart failure

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 62-69

  Wu, Jia Rong ^a   Lee, Kyoung Suk ^b   Dekker, Rebecca D ^c   Darlene Welsh, J ^c   Song, Eun Kyeung ^d   Abshire, Demetrius A ^e   Lennie, Terry A ^c   Moser, Debra K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^d University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 85029369416     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2017750     Document Type: Article

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