[PDF] Top 20 The caregiving perspective in heart failure: a population based study

... Sampling schema From September to December (2001–2007 inclusive), more than 4500 properties were approached annually to participate. In metropolitan areas, a starting point was randomly selected for a selection of 341 ... See full document

... arrhythmias, heart failure, and even cardiac arrest. In this population-based study, we analyzed 1 million samples, randomly selected from 22 million people in the Taiwanese ...Our ... See full document

... this study should be acknowl- ...this study, it is inevitably limited to clarify the causal rela- ...our study was conducted after excluding individu- als with baseline HF, MI, AF, rheumatic mitral ... See full document

... measured in the study are also dependent on HF severity or type but routine data did not provide echocardiographic data or specific HF phenotypes. To account for severity, a range of comorbidity and medications ... See full document

... our study, factors associated with β -blocker initia- tion and discontinuation had never been assessed in an elderly population newly diagnosed with ...this population- based study is ... See full document

... adult population, especially in the age group above 65 years. The present study discusses the predictors of HF, based on an integrative review of four studies on the ... See full document

... Our study revealed that gout treatment in Taiwan cannot improve HF and actually increase the risk for HF after combination therapy for ...our study, from the public health point of view, it is easy for ... See full document

... INTRODUCTION Heart failure (HF) is a common cardiovascular condition with increasing incidence and ...evidence based therapy of heart ...with heart failure continues to remain ... See full document

... Our study has several strengths including its size, population-based design and adjustment for relevant confounders facilitated by our access to medical databases ensuring a complete prescription and ... See full document

... Nevertheless, some insufficiencies should be addressed. First, almost all herpes zoster and HF cases were diag- nosed clinically without serologic confirmation or stan- dardized procedure, so diagnoses based on ... See full document

... of heart failure and COPD. This was done in order to study the importance of other comorbidity that otherwise would be hidden by the heavy burden connected with the diagnosis of heart ... See full document

... hF, heart failure; hr, hazard ratio, nT-proBnP, n-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide; shr, sub-distribution hazard ...underlying heart diseases and the treatment of HF following diagnosis, ... See full document

... large population-based studies of the incidence and outcome of heart failure where the diagnosis has been made by a physician in general ...chronic heart failure over the last ... See full document

... Danish Heart Failure Registry ...groups based on PPI, H2RA, or both PPI and H2RA initiation within the first year after the heart failure hospital admission ...the heart ... See full document

... Discussion Even though randomized controlled trials are widely accepted as the most reliable method of determining effectiveness, clinical pathways has not been studied suffi- ciently in this way. Typically controlled ... See full document

... their study and pointed out: ‘‘Epilepsy teams tend to consider surgery a failure when it does not achieve seizure ...This study shows, however, that the majority of (former) patients and their ... See full document

... coronary heart disease (CHD) events and stroke events were obtained from the Dutch Centre for Health Care Information which holds a standard- ized computerized register of hospital discharge ...mortality ... See full document

... with Heart Failure Ques- tionnaire (MLHFQ); and advanced echocardiography was ...sure, heart rate, left ventricle (LV) hypertrophy on ECG, coronary heart disease, valve disease, diabetes and ... See full document

... of heart failure (HF) and half will die within five years of diagnosis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Website, ...2013). Heart failure, as a syndrome, is thus characterized by its ... See full document

... chronic heart failure not to smoke by offering smoking and alcohol cessation advice and community ...this study, such as encouraging to quit smoking and lessen the amount of alcoholic beverages ... See full document