2017
The State of the Science on Integrating Palliative Care in Heart Failure
Gelfman L, Bakitas M, Warner Stevenson L, Kirkpatrick J, Goldstein N, Ahluwalia S, Allen L, Allen K, Arnold B, Bakitas M, Bekelman D, Buck H, Dionne-Odom J, Dougherty C, Dunbar S, Evangelista L, Fahlberg B, Fendler T, Gelfman L, Goldstein N, Hanson L, Hauptman P, Karlekar M, Kavalieratos D, Kirkpatrick J, Kirkwood P, Kono A, Krumholz H, Kutner J, Lala A, Lindenfeld J, Mancarella G, Matlock D, Matzo M, Maurer M, Morrison S, O'Donnell A, Pamboukian S, Pinney S, Prince S, Reigel B, Ritchie C, Rogers J, Spertus J, Steinhauser K, Stevenson L, Strömberg A, Sudore R, Swetz K, Teuteberg W, Teuteberg J, Tucker R, Tulsky J, Wiegand D. The State of the Science on Integrating Palliative Care in Heart Failure. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2017, 20: 592-603. PMID: 29493362, PMCID: PMC5455612, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2017.0178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failurePalliative careUncontrolled symptomsIntegrating Palliative CarePalliative care integrationAdvanced heart failureAdvanced HF patientsChronic progressive illnessLife-prolonging therapiesCare of patientsAdvance care planningQuality of careQuality of lifeHF diseaseHF patientsHealthcare utilizationProgressive illnessHF populationHigh morbidityInterdisciplinary careInterdisciplinary working groupCare planningLife careCurrent evidenceFamily caregivers
2010
Telemonitoring in Patients with Heart Failure
Chaudhry SI, Mattera JA, Curtis JP, Spertus JA, Herrin J, Lin Z, Phillips CO, Hodshon BV, Cooper LS, Krumholz HM. Telemonitoring in Patients with Heart Failure. New England Journal Of Medicine 2010, 363: 2301-2309. PMID: 21080835, PMCID: PMC3237394, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1010029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary end pointUsual care groupSecondary end pointsHeart failureEnd pointHeart failure outcomesNumber of hospitalizationsTelephone-based interactive voice response systemUsual careAdverse eventsPatient's clinicianMedian ageCare groupLarge trialsInteractive voice response systemPatientsSmall studyVoice response systemNumber of daysHospitalizationReadmissionTelemonitoringSignificant differencesCliniciansDeath