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Multimorbidity phenotypes in patients presenting to the emergency department with possible acute coronary syndrome.
Heart & lung : the journal of critical care - 1 Jan 2000
Breen Katherine M, Finnegan Lorna, Vuckovic Karen M, Fink Anne M, Rosamond Wayne, DeVon Holli A
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BACKGROUND: Multimorbidity (> 2 conditions) increases the risk of adverse outcomes and challenges health care systems for patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). These complications may be partially attributed to ACS clinical care which is driven by single-disease-based practice guidelines; current guidelines do not consider multimorbidity. OBJECTIVES: To identify multimorbidity phenotypes (combinations of...
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