Results of a Hospital-Based Palliative Care Intervention for Patients With an Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Heart Failure

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1033-1036

  Hopp, Faith P ^a   Zalenski, Robert J ^b   Waselewsky, Denise ^b   Burn, Jeri ^c   Camp, Jessica ^d   Welch, Robert D ^b   Levy, Phillip ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SINAI GRACE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Heart failure; Hospice; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84966545452     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2016.04.004     Document Type: Article

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