TY  - UNPB
EP  - 116974
Y1  - 2015/05//
A1  - Villalba Mora, Elena
A1  - Petidier-Torregrossa, Roberto
A1  - Alonso-Bouzón, Cristina
A1  - Carnicero-Carreño, José Antonio
A1  - Rodríguez Mañas, Leocadio
N2  - Around 10% of all persons over 70 years of age suffer heart failure in Spain. This is the most common cause of hospitalization amongst patients aged 65 years and over, being the third leading cause of cardiovascular mortality. Although some works have demonstrated that the use of telemedicine in the monitoring after discharge has improved the rates of readmission in patients with heart failure, there are no many works focused on older people, which represents a population with special clinical and functional characteristics. Our main hypothesis was that by telemonitoring functional status and vital signs, we can early detect heart failure exacerbation, minimising readmissions and length of hospitalisations.
SN  - 1568-4156
ID  - upm43646
UR  - http://www.ijic.org/articles/abstract/10.5334/ijic.2173/
SP  - 116972
VL  - 15
PB  - Ubiquity Press
TI  - Early detection of Heart Failure exacerbation by telemonitoring in old people
JF  - International Journal of Integrated Care
KW  - Remote monitoring; Telemedicine; Heart failure; Older patients; Functional variables
AV  - public
ER  -