The last six months of life for patients with congestive heart failure
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The last six months of life of patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) has been studied in a retrospective analysis of data from a prospective cohort study in five tertiary care academic medical centers. Subjects numbered 1404 and 539 of them died within a year of their index hospitalization. It was found that in the last six months of life with CHF illness is more severe, with more disability and the desire to avoid resuscitation more often seen. No significant decrease in quality of life is found as death approaches.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2000
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Survey methods for seriously ill hospitalized adults: practical lessons from SUPPORT
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Survey methods for seriously ill hospitalized adults have been developed in connection with the Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment (SUPPORT), a prospective cohort study at five teaching hospitals in the US. It was found that reliable and useful data on preferences and subjective health outcomes can be collected from seriously ill hospitalized patients and their proxies with mature staff, a large interview team, flexibility in administration, and centralized, structured quality assurance.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2000
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