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September 29, 2001BMJ603 citationsOpen Access

Randomised controlled trial of specialist nurse intervention in heart failure

LBLynda BlueELEva LangJMJohn J.V. McMurray

Structured PICO

Does specialist nurse intervention improve outcomes in patients admitted to hospital with heart failure?

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Population
Patients admitted to hospital with heart failure
I
Intervention
Specialist nurse intervention
O
Outcome
Outcome

Specialist nurse interventions improve outcomes for patients hospitalized with heart failure.

Abstract

Specially trained nurses can improve the outcome of patients admitted to hospital with heart failure.

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Blue et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ce3e89dbdecb594e387b8fhttps://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.323.7315.715
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