Symptom variability, not severity, predicts rehospitalization and mortality in patients with heart failure

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-129

  Moser, Debra K ^a   Frazier, Susan K ^a   Worrall Carter, Linda ^b   Biddle, Martha J ^a   Chung, Misook L ^a   Lee, Kyoung Suk ^a   Lennie, Terry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Self care; Symptom recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT READMISSION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79955973518     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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