Publications by authors named "Sean X Neath"
Background: Emergency department (ED) visits are increasing among patients ≥65 years of age. Geriatric EDs (GED) provide specialized emergency care for this older population. Interdisciplinary education of GED staff and providers is needed as part of the development of a GED.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Few tools exist that provide objective accurate prediction of short-term mortality risk in patients presenting with acute heart failure (AHF). The purpose was to describe the accuracy of several biomarkers for predicting short-term death rates in patients diagnosed with AHF in the emergency department (ED).
Methods: The Biomarkers in ACute Heart failure (BACH) trial was a prospective, 15-center, international study of patients presenting to the ED with nontraumatic dyspnea.