Why should palliative care clinicians learn about heart failure?

Progress in Palliative Care

Volumn 16, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 215-219

  Goodlin, Sarah J ^a  

^a Patient centered Education and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Heart failure; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; NITRATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONFUSION; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLUID RETENTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LETHARGY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLURRED SPEECH; SODIUM RETENTION; TERMINAL CARE; TINNITUS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 76049105878     PISSN: 09699260     EISSN: 1743291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/096992608X346224     Document Type: Review

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