Reasons prompting digitalis therapy in the acute care hospital

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2001, Pages M361-M365

  Incalzi, Raffaele Antonelli ^a   Pedone, Claudio ^a,b   Pahor, Marco ^c   Carosella, Luciana ^a   Bernabei, Roberto ^a   Carbonin, PierUgo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITALIS; DIGITOXIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DIGOXIN; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS;

DIGITALIS;

EID: 0034989871     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/56.6.M361     Document Type: Article

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