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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
2008-9-15
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is a major public health problem and leading cause for hospitalization in people 65 years and older. Admission rates for ADHF, accounted for more than 1 million heart failure (HF) hospitalizations in 2004, and more than 6.5 million inpatient hospital days. Despite significant advances in HF management, including pharmacotherapy and devices; and extensive collaborative efforts of the American College of Cardiology, and American Heart Association to disseminate evidence-based practice guidelines for management of chronic HF in adults; 3 patients continue to present to the emergency departments in ADHF. The hospital treatment of HF frequently does not follow published guidelines, potentially contributing to the high morbidity, mortality, and economic cost of this disorder. This highlights an ongoing need for development of quality improvement programs that focus on delivering reliable, evidence-based care for patients with ADHF. Consequently, the development of clinical pathways has the potential to reduce the current variability in care, enhance guideline adherence, and improve outcomes for patients.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Sep
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| pubmed:issn |
1535-2811
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Electronic
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| pubmed:volume |
7
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
153-72
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Acute Disease,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-California,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Combined Modality Therapy,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Critical Pathways,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Early Diagnosis,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Emergency Service, Hospital,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Evidence-Based Medicine,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Heart Failure,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Hospital Mortality,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Hospitalization,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Hospitals, Veterans,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Length of Stay,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Patient Care Team,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Patient Readmission,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Practice Guidelines as Topic,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Quality Assurance, Health Care,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Risk Assessment,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Sensitivity and Specificity,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Survival Analysis,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Task Performance and Analysis,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Treatment Outcome,
pubmed-meshheading:18791404-Triage
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| pubmed:year |
2008
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Critical pathway for the management of acute heart failure at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System: transforming performance measures into cardiac care.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
San Diego VA Medical Center, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA. gardetto.nancy@va.med
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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