Living with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator: Patient outcomes and the nurse's role

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-104

  Sossong, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ICD; Knowledge; Quality of life; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ENGLAND; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33947719082     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005082-200703000-00005     Document Type: Article

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