کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2936720 1576395 2006 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Multidisciplinary and multisetting team management programme in heart failure patients affects hospitalisation and costing
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی کاردیولوژی و پزشکی قلب و عروق
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Multidisciplinary and multisetting team management programme in heart failure patients affects hospitalisation and costing
چکیده انگلیسی

BackgroundWe evaluated whether multidisciplinary disease management programme developed with collaboration of physicians and nurses inside and outside general district hospital settings can affect clinical outcomes in heart failure population over a 12-month period.Methods571 patients hospitalised with CHF were referred to our unit and 509 patients agreed to participation. The intervention team included physicians and nurses from Internal Medicine and Cardiac Dept., and the patient's general practitioners. Contacts were on a pre-specified schedule, included a computerised programme of hospital visits and phone calls; in case of NYHA functional class III and IV patients, home visits were also planned.ResultsThe median age of patients was 77.7 ± 9 years (43.3% women). At baseline the percentage of patients with NYHA class III and IV was 56.0% vs. 26.0% after 12 months (P < 0.05). Programme enrolment reduced total hospital admissions (82 vs. 190, − 56%, P < 0.05), number of patients hospitalised (62 vs. 146, 57%, P < 0.05). All NYHA functional class benefited (class I = 75%, class IV = 67%), with reduction in the costing (− 48%, P < 0.05). Improvement in symptoms (− 9.0 ± 3.2) and signs (− 5.2 ± 3.1) scores was measured (P < 0.01). Therapy optimisation was obtained by 20.5% increase in patients taking betablockade and 21.0% increase in those on anti-aldosterone drugs.ConclusionsMultidisciplinary approach to CHF management can improve clinical management, reducing hospitalisation rate and costing.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: International Journal of Cardiology - Volume 111, Issue 3, 28 August 2006, Pages 377–385
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