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Q J Med 2003; 96: 777-778
© 2003 Association of Physicians

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Dying from heart failure in hospital

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Sir,

The course of heart failure (HF) is difficult to predict.1 The quality of life in patients with advanced HF is often poor, and death happens in the hospital even when the patients have already been placed in community-based, long-term care.2 Consequently, end-of-life management policies are needed to address hospitalized end-stage HF patients. We evaluated whether an . . . [Full Text of this Article]

R. Pujol, F. Formiga and D. Chivite

Geriatric Unit Internal Medicine Service Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge L‘Hospitalet de Llobregat Barcelona Spain e-mail: fformiga@csub.scs.es


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