Feasibility of evidence-based diagnosis and management of heart failure in older people in care: A pilot randomised controlled trial

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hancock, Helen C ^a   Close, Helen ^a   Mason, James M ^a   Murphy, Jeremy J ^a,b   Fuat, Ahmet ^a,b   De Belder, Mark ^c   Hunt, Trudy ^d   Baker, Andy ^d   Wilson, Douglas ^a   Hungin, A Pali S ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DARLINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Long term care facilities; Older people; Randomised controlled trial; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84868690590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-12-70     Document Type: Article

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