Unscheduled Return Visits and Leaving the Chest Pain Unit Against Medical Advice
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unscheduled return visits and leaving the chest pain unit against medical advice
conclusions considering that the most frequent reason for our urvs was patient-related factors, where all cases had left the cpu against medical advice (ama) during their first attendance, we recommend that further appropriate strategies be devised to prevent leaving against medical advice. results patient-related factors accounted for most 72 hours urvs (49%). multivariable analysis revealed t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2074-1804,2074-1812
DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.17(5)2015.18320