Efficacy of a physician-led multiparametric telemonitoring system in very old adults with heart failure

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1175-1180

  Pedone, Claudio ^a,b   Rossi, Francesca Flavia ^a   Cecere, Annagrazia ^a   Costanzo, Luisa ^a   Antonelli Incalzi, Raffaele ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Alberto Sordi   (Italy)

^c Teaching Nursing Home Cittadella della Carita'   (Italy)

Author keywords

aged; heart failure; long term care; prevention; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRICIAN; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEMONITORING; VERY ELDERLY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84931577727     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13432     Document Type: Article

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