Is Rehospitalization After Heart Failure Admission a Marker of Poor Quality?
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Combining Diuretic Response and Hemoconcentration to Predict Rehospitalization After Admission for Acute Heart Failure.
BACKGROUND Both diuretic response and hemoconcentration are indicators of decongestion and have individually been found to predict rehospitalization after admission for acute heart failure (HF). This study examines the value of combining diuretic response and hemoconcentration to better predict patients at low risk for rehospitalization after admission for acute HF. METHODS AND RESULTS Diuret...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.02.054