Open AccessPractice patterns in the management of congestive heart failure and post-discharge quality of life: A hospital-based cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Agam Bansal,
Rana Prathap Padappayil,
Shwetha Gopal,
Mohil Garg,
Rajnish Joshi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_218_20
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , etiology , framingham risk score , medical record , risk factor , intensive care medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , framingham heart study , cross sectional study , emergency medicine , disease , physical therapy , nursing , pathology
The objective of the study is to identify the etiology, risk factors, frequency of major and minor components of the Framingham criteria for heart failure, discharge medications, mortality, and quality of life after discharge from the hospital, for patients who were admitted to the in-patient unit of a tertiary care hospital in central India, with a diagnosis of congestive heart failure (CHF).