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Cardiovascular Risk Scores Do Not Account For The Effect Of Treatment: A Review, Su May Liew, Jenny Doust, Paul Glasziou
Cardiovascular Risk Scores Do Not Account For The Effect Of Treatment: A Review, Su May Liew, Jenny Doust, Paul Glasziou
Jenny Doust
Objective - To compare the strengths and limitations of cardiovascular risk scores available for clinicians in assessing the global (absolute) risk of cardiovascular disease.Design - Review of cardiovascular risk scores.Data sources - Medline (1966 to May 2009) using a mixture of MeSH terms and free text for the keywords ‘cardiovascular’, ‘risk prediction’ and ‘cohort studies’.Eligibility - criteria for selecting studies A study was eligible if it fulfilled the following criteria: (1) it was a cohort study of adults in the general population with no prior history of cardiovascular disease and not restricted by a disease condition; (2) the primary objective …
Diagnosis Of Heart Failure In Primary Care, F. D. R. Hobbs, Jenny Doust, Jonathan Mant, Martin R. Cowie
Diagnosis Of Heart Failure In Primary Care, F. D. R. Hobbs, Jenny Doust, Jonathan Mant, Martin R. Cowie
Jenny Doust
Extract: Heart failure is a syndrome resulting from a structural or functional cardiac disorder. For a diagnosis of heart failure to be made, there should be symptoms or signs, such as breathlessness, effort intolerance or fluid retention, together with objective evidence of cardiac dysfunction. Heart failure is an increasingly important chronic disease syndrome, associated with poor prognosis, poor quality of life for patients, and high healthcare costs. In the general population, where all grades of heart failure are represented, 5 year mortality is around 42%; however, where the diagnosis is established during a hospital admission, 5 year mortality is between …