Evaluation of heart failure management in a Military Hospital.
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Summary
Retrospective audit of 46 case records of patients hospitalised with heart failure within the framework of an accreditation procedure in a Military Hospital in 2005 finds therapeutic patient education is under development and medication may still be optimised.
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- article
- Published
- 2008-04-01
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- 0
- References
- 31
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- Open access
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Keywords
Medicine, Heart failure, Spironolactone, Ejection fraction, Decompensation
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