Symptoms experienced in the last six months of life in patients with end-stage heart failure

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-217

  Nordgren, Lena ^a   Sörensen, Stefan ^b  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heart disease; Heart failure, congestive; Heart failure, symptoms; Medical records, Review; Palliative care approach

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; CONSTIPATION; COUGH; DOCUMENTATION; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLEEP DISORDERS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0141793788     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-5151(03)00059-8     Document Type: Article

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