Patient-reported outcomes and associations with pleural effusion in outpatients with heart failure: an observational cohort study

Conclusions Our study indicates that patient-reported outcome measures as MLHFQ may be sensitive tools to identify patients with HF at highest risk of symptomatic PLE and that treatment targeting reduction of PLE during follow-up is essential to improvement of QoL and functional capacity of outpatients with HF. Trial registration number NCT01794715; Results
Source: BMJ Open - Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: Open access, Cardiovascular medicine, Health services research, Nursing Source Type: research