[PDF] Top 20 A Quantitative Analysis of Patients’ Narratives of Heart Failure

... of heart-failure patients, we proceeded to collect ...26 patients (age range 20-70 years, 58% females) who were hos- pitalized because of heart issues (snippets of an interview can be ... See full document

... performed quantitative analysis using software and methods developed and previously validated against phantom and PET data ...(SI) analysis required ac- curate respiratory motion correction and ... See full document

... In clinical practice, some subjects may be observed more than once during the time from first hospitalization to death. The number of hospitalizations and the days between two hospitalizations varies from patient to ... See full document

... Data extraction was performed independently by two researchers (Sanying Wang and Jing Zhang). Any disagree- ment between the two examiners was solved by a third researcher (Xiaoling LV). The following information were ... See full document

... for quantitative variables, and numbers and percentages for categorical ...repeated-measures analysis of variance using within-subjects factor group (hospital admission, hospital stay, and 3-month ... See full document

... HFrEF patients, and the genetic factors influencing HR may be different in the setting of this ...this analysis, to attempt to identify HR mechanism relevant to HF that may thus impact therapy or patient ... See full document

... on heart failure ...chronic heart failure (CHF) ...their analysis because they do not include their own cost effectiveness ...for patients with heart ...effectiveness ... See full document

... Quantitative CT relies on the close relationship between the physical density of the lung tissue and the attenuation density measured by CT and expressed in the Hounsfield units scale (HU) [15]. By assuming a ... See full document

... in patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular systolic ...worsen patients' quality of life. Studies have also suggested that patients who receive ICD therapy are at an increased risk ... See full document

... the heart failure nurse, cardiologist, director R&D, hospital manager and policy maker, they were generally most concerned about safety and ...the heart failure nurse focussed particularly ... See full document

... of patients was collected in accordance with the chronic heart failure case report form (CHF-CRF) that was formulated by our research group according to the con- tents of case records and the ... See full document

... chronic heart failure treatment in age-related risk group are described in the present ...The analysis of long-term therapy in three parallel groups defined the role of both blood pressure control ... See full document

... Since patients with implantable cardiac devices did not increase in number as anticipated, the sample size estimated at the planning stage was not ...statistical analysis has ...among heart ... See full document

... of patients had insurance covering the full cost of their ...those patients who were paying for their treatment, out- of-pocket costs attributed to HF-related drugs and traveling to the hospital were ...of ... See full document

... Our team was in a position to establish statistically significant differences in national performance among key indicators of employee engagement, physician/provider engagement, patient experience, VBP, and turnover ... See full document

... in patients with a long-term condition, suggested that interventions as short as 6 weeks may improve muscle strength and mass ...female patients, (2) patients who were > 18 years, and (3) ... See full document

... Isoproterenol (ISO), a β-adrenergic agonist, is identified to produce cardiac ischemia due to free radical production by autoxidation 33 Auto-oxidation of ISO produces quinones, which react with oxygen to produce ... See full document

... chronic-disease patients may determine the psychological attitude of the patient towards the disease and several reasons are to be held responsible for this ...result. Patients of low educational status do ... See full document

... of Heart Failure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Prac- tice Guidelines: Developed in Collaboration with the International ... See full document

... In this first study to examine the number of perceived barriers on working with CDSSs by cardiologists and nurses, we found a substantial number of perceived barriers in using CDSS in two of the three constructs (R&T ... See full document