Effects of a transitional palliative care model on patients with end-stage heart failure: A randomised controlled trial

Heart

Volumn 102, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 1100-1108

  Wong, Frances Kam Yuet ^a   Ng, Alina Yee Man ^a   Lee, Paul Hong ^a   Lam, Po Tin ^b   Ng, Jeffrey Sheung Ching ^c   Ng, Nancy Hiu Yim ^b   Sham, Michael Mau Kwong ^d  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c Haven of Hope Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^d GRANTHAM HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOME VISIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME FACTOR; TRANSITIONAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HONG KONG; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSITIONAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84961711918     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-308638     Document Type: Article

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