Care transitions in elderly heart failure patients: Current practices and the pharmacist's role

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 179-190

  Kitts, Nicole K ^a   Reeve, Amanda R ^b   Tsu, Laura ^a  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b John Peter Smith Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge counseling; Geriatrics; Heart failure; Multidisciplinary team; Pharmacy; Readmission; Transitions of care

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIETITIAN; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIAL WORKER; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACE = ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME; ACS = ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADE = ADVERSE DRUG EVENT; APN = ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE; CHF = CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CV = CARDIOVASCULAR; DISCHARGE COUNSELING; GERIATRICS; HEART FAILURE; HF = HEART FAILURE; MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM; PHARMACY; READMISSION; TPE = THERAPEUTIC PATIENT EDUCATION; TRANSITIONS OF CARE;

AGED; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MEDICATION RECONCILIATION; NURSES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE;

EID: 84895771508     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2014.179     Document Type: Review

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