Open AccessSocioeconomic and Clinical Predictors of Mortality in Patients with Acute Dyspnea
Author(s) -
Torgny Wessman,
Rafid Tofik,
Thoralph Ruge,
Olle Melander
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
open access emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1179-1500
DOI - 10.2147/oaem.s277448
Subject(s) - medicine , triage , socioeconomic status , emergency department , mortality rate , hazard ratio , emergency medicine , proportional hazards model , risk of mortality , pediatrics , demography , population , environmental health , confidence interval , sociology , psychiatry
Factors predicting long-term prognosis in patients with acute dyspnea may guide both acute management and follow-up. The aim of this study was to identify socioeconomic and clinical risk factors for all-cause mortality among acute dyspnea patients admitted to an Emergency Department.