Risk Factors of Waiting List Mortality for Patients Awaiting Heart Transplant
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Characterization of the patients' caregivers on the waiting list for heart transplant at UNIFESP.
OBJECTIVES To identify and describe the main caregiver of the patients on the heart transplant waiting list; to compare relevant information provided by patients and caregivers, and to classify the caregivers according to their dedication and efficiency in assisting the patient by correlating them to sociodemographic data. METHODS Descriptive study performed from October 2004 to October 2005 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1053-2498
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.01.602