Can geriatricians improve inpatient heart failure care? Time for a heart to heart

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 140-141

  Baxter, John ^a   McDonagh, Theresa ^b  

^a SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; EPLERENONE; HYDRALAZINE; IVABRADINE; NITRATE;

AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRICS; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84857206880     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr150     Document Type: Editorial

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