Heart failure: preventing disease and death worldwide

P Ponikowski, SD Anker, KF AlHabib… - ESC heart …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Heart failure is a life‐threatening disease and addressing it should be considered a global
health priority. At present, approximately 26 million people worldwide are living with heart …

Understanding the epidemic of heart failure: past, present, and future

SM Dunlay, VL Roger - Current heart failure reports, 2014 - Springer
Heart failure (HF) is a major public health problem affecting more than five million Americans
and more than 23 million patients worldwide. The epidemiology of HF is evolving. Data …

Do self-management interventions work in patients with heart failure? An individual patient data meta-analysis

NH Jonkman, H Westland, RHH Groenwold, S Ågren… - Circulation, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Self-management interventions are widely implemented in the care for
patients with heart failure (HF). However, trials show inconsistent results, and whether …

Improving care for patients with acute heart failure: before, during and after hospitalization

MR Cowie, SD Anker, JGF Cleland, GM Felker… - ESC heart …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Acute heart failure (AHF) is a common and serious condition that contributes to about 5% of
all emergency hospital admissions in Europe and the USA. Here, we present the …

Relationship between patient satisfaction with inpatient care and hospital readmission within 30 days.

W Boulding, SW Glickman, MP Manary… - The American journal …, 2011 - europepmc.org
Objectives To determine whether hospitals where patients report higher overall satisfaction
with their interactions among the hospital and staff and specifically their experience with the …

Trends in length of stay and short-term outcomes among Medicare patients hospitalized for heart failure, 1993-2006

H Bueno, JS Ross, Y Wang, J Chen, MT Vidán… - Jama, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
Context Whether decreases in the length of stay during the past decade for patients with
heart failure (HF) may be associated with changes in outcomes is unknown. Objective To …

Heart failure–associated hospitalizations in the United States

S Blecker, M Paul, G Taksler, G Ogedegbe… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to characterize temporal trends in hospitalizations with heart
failure as a primary or secondary diagnosis. Background: Heart failure patients are …

Hospitalizations after heart failure diagnosis: a community perspective

SM Dunlay, MM Redfield, SA Weston… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the lifetime burden and risk factors
for hospitalization after heart failure (HF) diagnosis in the community. Background …

Inpatient palliative care for patients with acute heart failure: outcomes from a randomized trial

AC Sidebottom, A Jorgenson, H Richards… - Journal of palliative …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Background: Heart failure (HF) is associated with a high symptom burden and reduced
quality of life (QOL). Models integrating palliative care (PC) into HF care have been …

The patient work system: an analysis of self-care performance barriers among elderly heart failure patients and their informal caregivers

RJ Holden, CC Schubert, RS Mickelson - Applied ergonomics, 2015 - Elsevier
Human factors and ergonomics approaches have been successfully applied to study and
improve the work performance of healthcare professionals. However, there has been …