- ►oxfordjournals.org [PDF] R Roccaforte, C Demers, F Baldassarre… - European Journal of Heart Failure, 2005 - eurjhf.oxfordjournals.org Background: Disease management programmes (DMP) have been advocated to improve
long term outcomes of heart failure (HF) patients. Aims: To summarise the
evidence supporting DMP effectiveness in improving HF clinical outcomes. ... Cited by 83 - Related articles - All 6 versions
DSF Yu, DR Thompson, DTF Lee - European heart journal, 2006 - Eur Soc Cardiology Aims Disease management programmes (DMPs) have evolved as an innovative clinical
practice system to enhance the discharge outcomes of older people with heart
failure. Yet, clinical trials which have exam- ined their effectiveness ... Cited by 52 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
T Bodenheimer, A Fernandez - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians An example of a cost-reducing, quality-enhancing program is post-hospital nurse
monitoring and intervention for patients at high risk for repeated
hospitalization for congestive heart failure. Disease management programs ... Cited by 52 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►ahajournals.org HM Krumholz, PM Currie, B Riegel, CO … - Circulation, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc Methods— The AHA Writing Group began with a conceptual model of disease
management and its components and subsequently validated this model over a wide
range of disease management programs. A systematic MEDLINE search was ... Cited by 41 - Related articles - All 5 versions
PS Heppner, C Morgan, RM Kaplan, AL Ries - Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and …, 2006 - journals.lww.com BACKGROUND: Empirical evidence supports the role of exercise as part of
pulmonary rehabilitation in improving symptoms of breathlessness (dyspnea),
health-related quality of life, and exercise tolerance among patients with ... Cited by 34 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
QOFU Care - Annals of internal medicine, 2004 - Am Coll Physicians F rustrated by the challenges of containing costs and im- proving quality, many
medical administrators and poli- cymakers are turning to organized programs for
patients with major chronic illnesses. These programs, generally la- beled ... Cited by 32 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] JE Sisk, PL Hebert, CR Horowitz, MA … - Annals of internal medicine, 2006 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Despite therapies proven effective for heart failure with systolic
dysfunction, the condition continues to cause substan- tial hospitalization,
disability, and death, especially among African- American and other ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
DA DeWalt, RM Malone, ME Bryant, MC … - BMC Health Services Research, 2006 - biomedcentral.com We performed a 12-month randomized controlled trial. From November 2001 to April
2003, we enrolled participants aged 30–80, who had heart failure and took
furosemide. Intervention patients received education on self-care ... Cited by 30 - Related articles - Cached - All 7 versions
M Jessup, N Banner, S Brozena, C Campana, A … - Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2006 - Elsevier Class I: 1 In patients with severe heart failure and fluid retention, loop
diuretics should be used and adjusted to achieve symptom control and/or
euvolemia (Level of Evidence: C). ... 2 In cases of diuretic resistance, ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - All 12 versions
- ►ahajournals.org GC Fonarow - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc Heart failure (HF) remains a major public health problem that affects 5 million
patients in the United States. 1 HF is the leading cause of hospitalization for
people 65 years of age and older, and rates of hospital readmission within ... Cited by 23 - Related articles - All 6 versions
