Heart failure management in skilled nursing facilities: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 263-299

  Jurgens, Corrine Y ^a   Goodlin, Sarah ^a   Dolansky, Mary ^a   Ahmed, Ali ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^a   Boxer, Rebecca ^a   Arena, Ross ^a   Blank, Lenore ^a   Buck, Harleah G ^a   Cranmer, Kerry ^a   Fleg, Jerome L ^a   Lampert, Rachel J ^a   Lennie, Terry A ^a   Lindenfeld, Joann ^a   Piña, Ileana L ^a   Semla, Todd P ^a   Trebbien, Patricia ^a   Rich, Michael W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Scientific Statements; exercise; heart failure; hospital discharge; palliative medicine; rehabilitation; skilled nursing facility

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDRALAZINE; MINERAL; MINERALOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; SODIUM; VITAMIN;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAREGIVER; COMPENSATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CURRICULUM; DIETARY INTAKE; EMERGENCY CARE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH LITERACY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE TRAINING; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; NURSING MANAGEMENT; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CARE; REMOTE SENSING; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SODIUM BALANCE; STAFF TRAINING; TERMINAL CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITTEN COMMUNICATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926661341     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.02.007     Document Type: Article

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