appetite

Appetite: An Important Symptom To Assess In Patients With Heart Failure

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Today I attended an impressive defense of Christina Andrea (@C_Andreae) of her PhD dissertation on appetite in patients with heart failure. She highlighted the importance of a symptom in patients with heart failure, that is rarely assessed: Appetite. Appetite, or the desire to eat, is a common problem in patients with heart failure. Appetite is … Read more

Nursing And Allied Professional Sessions At The American Heart Association

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During the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, there were great sessions. It was really a struggle to make an overview of all the nurses and allied professional sessions in a short blog; they were just all very interesting and informative. But I summarized the topics that were for me the most interesting during the Sessions. … Read more