A decline in activities of daily living due to acute heart failure is an independent risk factor of hospitalization for heart failure and mortality.
Takabayashi K, Kitaguchi S, Iwatsu K, Morikami Y, Ichinohe T, Yamamoto T, Takenaka K, Takenaka H, Muranaka H, Fujita R, Nakajima O, Yokoyama R, Terasaki Y, Nishio H, Masai M, Koito H, Okuda M, Uwatoko H, Kawakami Y, Matsumoto S, Kitamura T, Nohara R.
Takabayashi K, et al.
J Cardiol. 2019 Jun;73(6):522-529. doi: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2018.12.014. Epub 2018 Dec 28.
J Cardiol. 2019.
PMID: 30598389
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We categorized the patients into four types of ADL: independent outdoor walking, independent indoor walking, indoor walking with assistance, and abasia. We defined a decline in ADL (decline ADL) as downgrade of ADL and others (non-decline ADL) as preservation of ADL before …
We categorized the patients into four types of ADL: independent outdoor walking, independent indoor walking, indoor walking with assistance, …