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: Gundersen, G. H., Norekval, T. M., Graven, T., Haug, H. H., Skjetne, K., Kleinau, J. O., Gustad, L. T., Dalen, H. Tags: Open access, Cardiovascular medicine, Health services research, Nursing Source Type: research
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