TY  - BOOK
AU  - Asch, Federico M
AU  - Krepp, Joseph M
TI  - A shift in coronary care unit patient population: Ten year experience from an urban tertiary care center
SN  - 1748-2941
PY  - 2015///
KW  - *Coronary Care Units/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]
KW  - *Forecasting
KW  - *Heart Diseases
KW  - *Tertiary Care Centers/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]
KW  - *Urban Health Services/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]
KW  - Follow-Up Studies
KW  - Heart Diseases/di [Diagnosis]
KW  - Heart Diseases/mo [Mortality]
KW  - Heart Diseases/th [Therapy]
KW  - Hospital Mortality/td [Trends]
KW  - Humans
KW  - Morbidity/td [Trends]
KW  - Patient Admission/sn [Statistics & Numerical Data]
KW  - Prospective Studies
KW  - United States/ep [Epidemiology]
KW  - MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute
KW  - Journal Article
N2  - The need for cardiovascular expertise in the treatment of advanced heart failure (AHF), malignant arrhythmias, and structural heart disease has shifted the role of the CCU to a more diverse and medically complex patient population. This study's purpose was to analyze the temporal trends in the principal diagnosis leading to admission to the CCU in a tertiary referral hospital. Over the last 15 years, the CCU has evolved from a medical unit strictly focusing on the care of patients with ACS to an advanced cardiac intensive care unit. The trends observed at our center provide further evidence that today's CCU contains a broader, more complex, critically-ill patient population
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482941.2016.1203160
ER  -