Beta-blocker medication usage in older women after myocardial infarction

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 463-470

  Crane, Patricia B ^a   Oles, Karen S ^b   Kennedy Malone, Laurie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta blocker; Myocardial infarction; Older women

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34247897065     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2006.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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