Prevalence and misdiagnosis of chronic heart failure in nursing home residents: The role of B-type natriuretic peptides

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 123-128

  Barents, M ^a,c   Van Der Horst, I C C ^b   Voors, A A ^b   Hillege, J L ^b   Muskiet, F A J ^b   De Jongste, M J L ^b  

^a Zonnehuis Nursing Home   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Het Zonnehuis Nursing Home   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

B type natriuretic peptide; Comorbidity; Elderly; Heart failure; Misdiagnosis; Nursing home; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 42449136534     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03086130     Document Type: Article

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