Older adults' symptoms and their duration before hospitalization for heart failure
Heart & LungPublished 1 May 1997
Maureen M. Friedman
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It was showed that older adult patients with heart failure experience symptoms for a relatively long time before hospital admission, and education about symptom monitoring, symptom interpretation, and prompt health care-seeking are warranted for all patients withheart failure.
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This study, at one acute care institution, showed that older adult patients with heart failure experience symptoms for a relatively long time before hospital admission. Education about symptom monitoring, symptom interpretation, and prompt health care-seeking are warranted for all patients with heart failure.
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