Palliative care consultations for heart failure patients: How many, when, and why?

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 193-201

  Bakitas, Marie ^a,b,d   Macmartin, Meredith ^a   Trzepkowski, Kenneth ^a   Robert, Alina ^a   Jackson, Lisa ^b   Brown, Jeremiah R ^a,b   Dionne Odom, James N ^c   Kono, Alan ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced heart failure; consultation; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ALLOPURINOL; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METOLAZONE; TORASEMIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSULTATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875202247     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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