Clinical management. The beat goes on.
Heart failure accounts for about 5 per cent of all admissions to general medical and acute wards and 10 per cent of bed occupancy. Improvements in care need to encompass the whole patient pathway. Specialist, nurse-led services offer major benefits.
McIntyre
Hugh
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East Sussex County Healthcare Trust.
Dix
Ann
A
D006333:Heart Failure / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine; D009732:Nursing Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D013038:Specialization; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology