Drug treatment of heart failure - Do nursing-home residents deserve better?

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 226-231

  Ruths, S ^a   Straand, J ^a   Nygaard, H A ^a   Hodneland, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

ACE inhibitor; Diuretics; Drug treatment; Heart failure; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; LISINOPRIL; NITRATE; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; RAMIPRIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIURETICS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0034523372     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028134300448797     Document Type: Article

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