Guideline compliance in chronic heart failure patients with multiple comorbid diseases: Evaluation of an individualised multidisciplinary model of care

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Ho, Tam H ^a   Caughey, Gillian E ^b   Shakib, Sepehr ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE COMPLIANCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALISED RECONCILED EVIDENCE BASED RECOMMENDATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84899523894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093129     Document Type: Article

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