Emergency Short-Stay Unit as an Effective Alternative to In-Hospital Admission for Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Heart Failure
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50636#.VEccmVfHRK0 Author(s) Albert Salazar , Luis Garcia-Eroles , Gemma Craywinckel , Xavier Corbella Affiliation(s) Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain . ABSTRACT Study Objective: To determine whether a new emergency department short-stay unit (EDSSU) was an effective alternative to conventional hospital units (HU) for acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure patients. Methods: Design: A comparative analysis was used to identify differences among patients admitted to EDSSU (n = 1546) and those admitted to the internal medicine (n = 552) or cardiology wards (n = 336) during the period of the study (...