Relationship between Activities of Daily Living and Readmission within 90 Days in Hospitalized Elderly Patients with Heart Failure

Aims. To examine the relationship between activities of daily living (ADL) and readmission within 90 days and assess the cutoff value of ADL to predict readmission in hospitalized elderly patients with heart failure (HF). Methods. This cohort study comprised 589 consecutive patients with HF aged ≥65...

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Main Authors: Masahiro Kitamura, Kazuhiro P. Izawa, Hiroki Taniue, Yumi Mimura, Keita Imamura, Hitomi Nagashima, Peter H. Brubaker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7420738