Can we reduce preventable heart failure readmissions in patients enrolled in a Disease Management Programme?

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-171

  Phelan, D ^a   Smyth, L ^a   Ryder, M ^a   Murphy, N ^a   O'Loughlin, C ^a   Conlon, C ^a   Ledwidge, M ^a   McDonald, Kenneth ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Disease Management Programme; Heart failure; Preventable and unavoidable readmissions

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; UREA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCRIPTION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67649488095     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-009-0332-6     Document Type: Article

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