Effect of a Pharmacist-Led Intervention on Diuretic Compliance in Heart Failure Patients: A Randomized Controlled Study

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 404-411

  Bouvy, Marcel L ^a,b   Heerdink, Eibert R ^a   Urquhart, John ^c   Grobbee, Diederick E ^d   Hoe, Arno W ^d   Leufkens, Hubert G M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SIR Institute for Pharmacy Practice Research   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adherence; Diuretics; Drug monitoring

Indexed keywords

BUMETANIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0242362769     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/S1071-9164(03)00130-1     Document Type: Article

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