Objective To test whether a drug review and symptom self management and lifestyle advice
intervention by community pharmacists could reduce hospital admissions or mortality in …

Objectives: To determine whether specialist nurse intervention improves outcome in patients
with chronic heart failure. Design: Randomised controlled trial. Setting: Acute medical …

BACKGROUND: Chronic heart failure (CHF) accounts for significant morbidity, mortality and
health expenditure. Furthermore, patients with CHF are often on numerous pharmacological …

Purpose. The effect of pharmaceutical care services for home care patients with heart failure
on death and rehospitalization rates was studied. Methods. Eligible patients had to be at …

Aim The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of a pharmacist‐led pharmaceutical
care programme, involving optimization of drug treatment and intensive education and self …

Summary Background and Objective: The incidence of heart failure is increasing in
developed countries. In the aged population, heart failure is a common cause of …

Aims It has been suggested that home‐based heart failure (HF) management in primary
care may be an alternative to clinic‐based management in HF patients. However, little is …

Aim: To determine whether an intensive intervention at a heart failure (HF) clinic by a
combination of a clinician and a cardiovascular nurse, both trained in HF, reduces the …

Background Hospital admissions among patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) are a
major contributor to health-care costs. Previous investigations suggest that the therapeutic …

Aim The aim of this trial was to prospectively evaluate the effect of follow-up at a nurse-led
heart failure clinic on mortality, morbidity and self-care behaviour for patients hospitalised …