Heart failure management in skilled nursing facilities: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America

Circ Heart Fail. 2015 May;8(3):655-87. doi: 10.1161/HHF.0000000000000005. Epub 2015 Apr 8.

Authors

Corrine Y Jurgens, Sarah Goodlin, Mary Dolansky, Ali Ahmed, Gregg C Fonarow, Rebecca Boxer, Ross Arena, Lenore Blank, Harleah G Buck, Kerry Cranmer, Jerome L Fleg, Rachel J Lampert, Terry A Lennie, JoAnn Lindenfeld, Ileana L Piña, Todd P Semla, Patricia Trebbien, Michael W Rich; American Heart Association Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research and the Heart Failure Society of America

PMID: 25855686
DOI: 10.1161/HHF.0000000000000005

No abstract available

Keywords: AHA Scientific Statements; exercise; heart failure; hospital discharge; palliative medicine; rehabilitation; skilled nursing facility.

Publication types

Practice Guideline
Review

MeSH terms

Cardiology / standards*
Continuity of Patient Care / standards
Heart Failure / diagnosis
Heart Failure / mortality
Heart Failure / nursing*
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Heart Failure / rehabilitation*
Humans
Patient Care Planning / standards
Predictive Value of Tests
Risk Factors
Skilled Nursing Facilities / standards*
Treatment Outcome
United States