The PIH guide to chronic care integration for endemic non-communicable diseases
By: [editors-in-chief, Gene Bukhman, Alice Kidder ; principal authors, Alice Kidder ... et al.].
Contributors: Partners in Health (Organization)
Edition: Rwanda ed.
Publisher: Partners in Health
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9780615454894
Subjects: Integrated Delivery of Health Care; Chronic Disease; Prevention & control; Therapy; Disease Management; Endemic Diseases; Medical care; Diseases
Other titles: Partners in Health guide to chronic care integration for endemic non-communicable diseases; Chronic care integration for endemic non-communicable diseases
Notes: "Cardiac, renal, diabetes, pulmonary, and palliative care."

"Partners in Health; Harvard Medical School, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Program in Global Non-Communicable Disease and Social Change; [and] Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Global Health Equity".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: 1. Integration of chronic care services in Rwanda. The long tail of endemic non-communicable diseases in Rwanda; title: A framework for strategic planning for endemic non-communicable disease; title: Decentralization and integration of chronic care for non-communicable disease in Rwanda; title: Which chronic diseases?; title: the district hospital as a source of clinical leadership; title: District inpatient care; title: Health centers: case finding, initial management, and chronic care; title: Referral centers; title: Out-of country referral; title: Screening; title: Principles of patient follow-up and retention: community health workers and the electronic medical record; title: Equipment, medication procurement, and costs; title: 2. Palliative care and chronic care. History and philosophy of palliative care efforts in resource-poor settings; title: Community health workers and common palliative care interventions in the treatment of chronic disease.; title: 3. Role of community health workers, family planning, mental health, pharmacy, laboratory, and social services in the treatment of chronic disease. Community health workers; title: Housing assistance; title: Nutritional support; title: Mental health; title: Family planning in chronic disease; title: Pharmacy services; title: Laboratory; title: Other diagnostic equipment; title: 4. Heart failure. Defining categories of health failure; title: Physical exam findings for classification of heart failure; title: Echocardiography for classification of heart failure; title: Initial recognition and refreral of the heart failure patient; title: Heart failure severity classification; title: Decompensated heart failure; title: Fluid status assessment; title: Cardiomyopathy; title: Hypertensive heart disease etiology and diagnosis; title: Mitral stenosis; title: Other valvular and congenital ehart disease; title: Isolated right-sided heart failure etiology and diagnosis; title: Heart failure patient follow-up.; title: Potassium management; title: Arrhythmia diagnosis and management; title: Role of electrocardiography in rural Rwanda; title: Cardioversion; title: Palpitations and somatization; title: Palliative care for patients with heart failure; title: 5. Cardiac surgery screening, referral, anticoagulation, and postoperative management. History of cardiac surgery in Rwanda; title: Building a national cardiac surgery program; title: Common procedures for cardiac valves; title: Early post-operative evaluation (first 3 months); title: Ongoing monitoring of the post-operative patient; title: Penicillin prophylaxis for patients with surgically corrected rheumatic valvular disease; title: Methods of anticoagulation and indications; title: Initiating warfarin therapy; title: Titrating warfarin therapy; title: drug supply and patient monitoring; title: Dangers of anticoagulation; title: 6. Chronic kidney disease. Etiology of chronic kidney disease in rural Rwanda.; title: Screening for renal failure in high-risk populations; title: Classification of renal failure; title: Initial evaluation and management of chronic kidney disease (CKD); title: Hyperkalemia; title: Palliative care for chronic kidney disease; title: Renal replacement therapy (hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis); title: Renal transplantation; title: Acute kidney failure in hospitalized patients; title: 7. Diabetes. Opportunistic identification and screening for diabetes in acute care helath center clinics; title: Recognition and treatment of emergency states (hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia); title: Principles and initial management of diabetes; title: Management of diabetes with insulin therapy; title: Insulin use in the community; title: Adjuvant therapies and routine monitoring for complications in patients with diabetes; title: Diabetes and pregnancy; title: Social assistance and community health workers.; title: 8. Hypertension. Clinical and community-based hypertension screening; title: Initial management of newly referred adult hypertension cases in health center integrated chronic care clinics; title: Recommended hypertension medications and dosing; title: rcognition and management of hypertensive emergency in adults; title: Renal dysfunction in hypertension; title: Evaluation and management of hypertension in patients; title: Follow-up treatment for hypertension in adults; title: Diagnosis and management of hypertension in children; title: Hypertension in pregnancy; title: 9. Rheumatic heart disease prevention. Prevention of acute rheumatic fever: management of sore throat; title: Preventing rheumatic heart disease: management of acute rheumatic fever and secondary prophylaxis for rheumatic fever; title: Rheumatic heart disease screening; title: 10. Chronic respiratory disease. The burden of chronic respiratory disease in rural Rwanda.; title: Integration of chronic respiratory disease management at health-center level; title: Diagnosis and initial management of chronic respiratory disease in health center integrated chronic care clinics; title: Follow-up management of asthma; title: Bronchiectasis; title: Epilogue; title: Append. A. Essentials equipment and medicines. Essential equipment; title: Essential medicines; title: Append. B. Cost models. Summary of operational cost models; title: Cardiomyopathy; title: Cardiac surgery; title: Screening for HIV nephropathy; title: Diabetes; title: Hypertension cost models; title: Chronic respiratory disease cost models; title: Append. C. Indicators for monitoring and evaluation. Heart failure and post-cardiac surgery follow-up; title: Cardiac surgical referral and case selection; title: Renal failure; title: Diabetes; title: Hypertension; title: Chronic respiratory disease; title: Append. D. Forms. Intake forms; title: Flowsheets; title: Append. E. Common normal values.