Pharmacist intervention in the prevention of heart failure for high-risk elderly patients in the community

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lee, Vivian W ^a   Choi, Libby M ^a   Wong, Winki J ^a   Chung, Ho Wing ^a   Ng, Carman K ^a   Cheng, Franco W ^a  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Community outreach; Heart Failure prevention; Pharmacist intervention

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MORISKY MEDICATION ADHERENCE SCORE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIST; ROLE PLAYING;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROLE;

EID: 84951857009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12872-015-0173-3     Document Type: Article

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