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How many pills do patients with heart failure actually take? |
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| Presentation title: How many pills do patients with heart failure actually take? |
| Author(s): Erdmann E. (Cologne, DE) |
| Date: 31 August 2004 |
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How many pills do patients with CHF actually take? |
Polypharmacy in the General Population (self reporting in interviews) |
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Polypharmacy in CHF in Switzerland 1999 (n = 474, outpatients, 75 + 12 years, Improvement of HF) |
The Mahler Study (1410 CHF-Patients in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, NL) |
The MAHLER-Study |
The Mahler Study (n=1410 CHF-Patients) (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, NL) |
The Mahler Study (n=1410 CHF-Patients) (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, NL) |
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Basic demographic and clinical characteristics in the CARE-HF study |
Comparison of Prescribing Habits in Controlled Studies versus Ambulatory Care in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease |
Age Dependent CHF – Therapy in Switzerland 1999 |
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Lesson from the IMPACT-HF Trial (Initiation Management Predischarge: Process for Assessment of Carvedilol Therapy for Heart Failure) (prospective, randomized open label, > 30-60 days after discharge, n = 363) (EF < 40 %, mean 25 %, hospitalised because of heart failure) |
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Drugs stored at home by elderly patients (n = 195, > 75 years, 6 months after hospitalisation, visited by research nurse) |
Non-Compliance in Germany |
Compliance in Polypharmacotherapy (Cardiovascular therapy) |
Polypharmacy a Problem of Evidence Based Medicine? |
More Potential Drug Interactions Because of Evidence Based Medicine? |
Problems of Polypharmacy in CHF |
Polypharmacy – which drugs are involved? (n = 466.567 inhabitants of Funen/DK, 5443 users of 5 or more drugs) |
Polypharmacy in Cardiovascular Disease |
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