Acute Heart Failure: Hospitalize or Discharge? Key point: A new tool for estimating prognosis could facilitate rapid risk assessment. Citation: Lee DS, Stitt A, Austin PC, et al. Prediction of heart failure mortality in emergent care: A cohort study. Ann Intern Med. 2012; 156(11): 767-775. The decision to hospitalize or discharge a patient with acute heart failure (HF) is often difficult to make. To develop a prognostic model for acute HF suitable for use in …
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