Improving the care of patients dying of heart failure

被引:16
作者
Albert, NM [1 ]
Davis, M [1 ]
Young, J [1 ]
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[1] Cleveland Clin Fdn, Dept Cardiovasc Med, George M & Linda H Kaufman Ctr Heart Failure, Heart Failure Dis Management Programs, Cleveland, OH 44195 USA
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10.3949/ccjm.69.4.321
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Patients with heart failure have special palliative care needs, but palliative measures for treating the symptoms of end-stage heart failure have been largely ignored. A formal disease-management program for heart failure should include palliative care.
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