Care Setting Intensity and Outcomes After Emergency Department Presentation Among Patients With Acute Heart Failure

Care Setting Intensity and Outcomes After Emergency Department Presentation Among Patients With Acute Heart Failure

BackgroundPatients with heart failure (HF) presenting to the emergency department (ED) can be admitted to care settings of different intensity, where the intensive care unit (ICU) is the highest intensity, ward admission is intermediate intensity, and those discharged home are of lowest intensity. D...

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Main Authors: Livia Goldraich, Peter C. Austin, Limei Zhou, Jack V. Tu, Michael J. Schull, Susanna Mak, Heather J. Ross, David A. Morrow, Douglas S. Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-07-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
acute heart failure
critical care
emergency department
heart failure
hospital disposition
intensive care
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.116.003232

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