Effect of palliative care for patients with heart failure a systematic review and meta-analysis

International Heart Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 503-509

  Xu, Zhili ^a   Chen, Linglong ^a   Jin, Shuang ^a   Yang, Baohua ^a   Chen, Xinguo ^a   Wu, Zhang ^a  

^a Wenzhou People s Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

ESAS; Mortality; PHQ 9; Randomized controlled trials; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85047823123     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.17-289     Document Type: Article

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