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Improving Nutrition Screening Practice In The Hospitalized Heart Failure Patient Population, Amanda J. Bourgeois
Improving Nutrition Screening Practice In The Hospitalized Heart Failure Patient Population, Amanda J. Bourgeois
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Background: Heart Failure is a disease known to affect nearly 6.5 million adults in the United States. Characterized by recurrent hospitalizations, heart failure significantly contributes to morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs in the United States and worldwide. Because malnutrition is prevalent in the heart failure population, healthcare providers must perform nutritional assessments on admission to intervene in the case of malnutrition, prevent deterioration, and improve patient prognosis. Without intervention and early identification of malnutrition, heart failure hospitalizations will remain a significant problem.
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of an evidence-based educational program for cardiac …
A Healthcare Improvement Initiative To Increase Multidisciplinary Pain Management Referrals Of Youth With Sickle Cell Disease, Rae Ann Kingsley, Gail Robertson, Lynne Covitz, Areli Ramphal
A Healthcare Improvement Initiative To Increase Multidisciplinary Pain Management Referrals Of Youth With Sickle Cell Disease, Rae Ann Kingsley, Gail Robertson, Lynne Covitz, Areli Ramphal
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