Characteristics of fatigue in heart failure patients: a literature review Características de la fatiga de pacientes con insuficiencia cardíaca: revisión de literatura Características da fadiga de pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca: revisão de literatura

This is a literature review report to describe characteristics (frequency, intensity and correlates) of fatigue in cases of heart failure. MedLine and LILACS were the examined databases. Out of 89 articles identified, 27 were selected for data extraction. Fatigue frequency ranged from 69% to 88% and...

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Main Authors: Andrea Fini, Diná de Almeida Lopes Monteiro da Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2009-08-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692009000400019