Original research unrecognized heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in frail elderly detected through a near-home targeted screening strategy

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 811-821

  Van Mourik, Yvonne ^a   Bertens, Loes C M ^b   Cramer, Maarten J M ^a   Lammers, Jan Willem J ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^a   Moons, Karel G M ^a   Hoes, Arno W ^a   Rutten, Frans H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Heart Lung Center ^*

Author keywords

Cardiovascular abnormalities; COPD; Dyspnea; Exercise tolerance; Frail elderly; Heart failure; Respiratory tract diseases

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; SPIROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84910677623     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.06.140045     Document Type: Article

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