Consultation between specialists in Internal Medicine and Family Medicine improves management and prognosis of heart failure

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 548-554

  Gomez Soto, Francisco M ^a   Puerto, José L ^a   Andrey, José L ^a   Fernandez, Francisco J ^a   Escobar, Miguel A ^a   Garcia Egido, Antonio A ^a   Romero, Sotero P ^a   Bernal, José A ^a   Gomez, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE PUERTO REAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Case management; Disease management; Heart failure; Patient care management

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 55849098076     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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