Outpatient medical and nurse management program in patients with chronic heart failure in a large territorial area in Piedmont. Four years of follow-up;Scompenso cardiaco: Gestione medico-infermieristica in un'area piemontese caratterizzata da estrema dispersione territoriale. Risultati a quattro anni

Italian Heart Journal Supplement

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 812-820

  Conte, Maria Rosa ^a   Mainardi, Loredana ^a   Iazzolino, Ernesto ^a   Casetta, Marzia ^a   Asteggiano, Riccardo ^b   Lai, Fulvio ^b   Lusardi, Raffaella ^a   Sasso, Luigia ^a  

^a OSPEDALE DEGLI INFERMI   (Italy)

^b ASL 5 Piemonte   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Outpatient management

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUDDEN DEATH; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33645031419     PISSN: 11294728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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