Perceived Adverse Drug Events in Heart Failure
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Perceived adverse drug events in heart failure: patients' perception and related factors.
BACKGROUND Patients with heart failure (HF) often perceive adverse drug events (ADEs), affecting quality of life. For weighing the benefits and burden of medication in HF care, knowledge on patients' perception of ADEs is needed. Our aim was to assess these ADE perceptions and to identify factors related to these perceptions. METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed including HF patients...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0889-4655
DOI: 10.1097/jcn.0b013e318200ed94