Adding point of care ultrasound to assess volume status in heart failure patients in a nurse-led outpatient clinic. A randomised study

Heart

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 29-34

  Gundersen, Guri Holmen ^a   Norekval, Tone M ^b   Haug, Hilde Haugberg ^c   Skjetne, Kyrre ^d   Kleinau, Jens Olaf ^a   Graven, Torbjorn ^a   Dalen, Havard ^a  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CREATININE; DIURETIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PRO-BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (1-76);

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA CAVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; BLOOD; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; NURSING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; DIURETICS; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NORWAY; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLEURAL CAVITY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 84958978643     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-307798     Document Type: Article

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