Location of death among patients presenting with cardiovascular disease to the emergency department in the United states

BACKGROUND: In-hospital deaths are an important outcome and little is known about deaths in the emergency department (ED). Among patients who died of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), we assessed causes of death, temporal trends and the relative distribution of deaths in the ED versus hospital. METHODS: Using the United States Nationwide Emergency Department Sample, we conducted a retrospective study of patients presenting to the ED with a primary …