Inclusion into a heart failure critical pathway reduces the risk of death or readmission after hospital discharge

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 760-764

  Garin, Nicolas ^a,b   Carballo, Sebastian ^a   Gerstel, Eric ^a   Lerch, René ^a   Meyer, Philippe ^a   Zare, Maryam ^a   Zawodnik, Alexis ^a   Perrier, Arnaud ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Chablais Regional Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Critical pathway; Disease management; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIURETIC THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84869081611     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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