Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 181-189 , February 2002

Predicting the future: Can this patient with acute congestive heart failure be safely discharged from the emergency department?

Received 5 October 2000 ,Revised 23 October 2001 ,Accepted 30 October 2001.

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doi: 10.1067/mem.2002.121403

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 181-189 , February 2002

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