Physical Rehabilitation for Older Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure
Author(s) -
Dalane W. Kitzman,
David J. Whellan,
Pamela W. Duncan,
Amy M. Pastva,
Robert J. Mentz,
Gordon R. Reeves,
M. Benjamin Nelson,
Haiying Chen,
Bharathi Upadhya,
Shelby D. Reed,
Mark A. Espeland,
LeighAnn Hewston,
Christopher M. O’Connor
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa2026141
Subject(s) - medicine , physical therapy , heart failure , randomization , quality of life (healthcare) , randomized controlled trial , rehabilitation , confidence interval , population , psychological intervention , nursing , environmental health , psychiatry
Older patients who are hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure have high rates of physical frailty, poor quality of life, delayed recovery, and frequent rehospitalizations. Interventions to address physical frailty in this population are not well established.
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