A review of the management of heart failure in long-term care residents

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 222-228

  Mann, Jodi L ^a,b   Evans, Tamara S ^c  

^a BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Clinical Services   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

ACE inhibitor; Beta blocker; Congestive heart failure; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; CLONIDINE; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; HYDRALAZINE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE; NITRATE; PROPRANOLOL; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RESIDENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 33645071921     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2006.222     Document Type: Article

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