Physical Rehabilitation for Older Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure.
Dalane W KitzmanDavid J WhellanPamela DuncanAmy M PastvaRobert J MentzGordon R ReevesMichael Benjamin NelsonHaiying ChenBharathi UpadhyaShelby D ReedMark A EspelandLeighAnn HewstonChristopher M O'ConnorPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2021)
In a diverse population of older patients who were hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure, an early, transitional, tailored, progressive rehabilitation intervention that included multiple physical-function domains resulted in greater improvement in physical function than usual care. (Funded by the National Institutes of Health and others; REHAB-HF ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02196038.).
Keyphrases
- heart failure
- healthcare
- acute heart failure
- quality improvement
- liver failure
- mental health
- randomized controlled trial
- public health
- left ventricular
- multiple sclerosis
- physical activity
- atrial fibrillation
- smoking cessation
- drug induced
- pain management
- intensive care unit
- aortic dissection
- risk assessment
- chronic pain
- ejection fraction
- human health
- mechanical ventilation