Short stay management of heart failure
By: [edited by] W. Frank Peacock.
Contributors: Peacock, W. Frank.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; LWW
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780781766456
Subjects: Heart failure -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Heart Failure, Congestive -- drug therapy -- Handbooks.; Emergency Service, Hospital -- organization & administration -- Handbooks.; Observation -- Handbooks.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Handbooks.
Description: Provides a roadmap to the treatment of heart failure patients in an observation unit. It gives practitioners a full understanding of the medical requirements, administrative processes, and regulatory issues involved in observation unit care of heart failure patients. The authors offer practical guidelines for management of heart failure in an observation unit, including admission criteria, initial evaluation, treatment protocols, drugs that should and should not be used, and discharge planning. Appendices contain treatment pathways and algorithms; sample orders; discharge information; reminder cards; and diet instructions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Heart failure in the observation unit / W. Frank Peacock; title: The out-of-hospital management of acute heart failure / Marvin A. Wayne and Vincent N. Mosesso, Jr.; title: Observation unit admission inclusion and exclusion criteria / Sean P. Collins; title: Acute exacerbations of heart failure: initial evaluation and management in the acute care setting / Douglas S. Ander; title: The process and economics of heart failure / Sandra Sieck; title: Observation unit: treatment protocols / J. Douglas Kirk; title: Drugs that should not be used in the observation unit management of heart failure: The adverse effects of selected drugs / Harischandra B. Karunaratne, Arti N. Bhavsar, and Nicole Rosenke; title: Performance measurement, staffing, and facilities requirements for observation unit heart failure management / Nancy M. Albert; title: Emergency department and observation unit discharge criteria / Deborah B. Diercks; title: The essentials of patient education in the emergency department / Robin J. Trupp and Elsie M. Selby; title: Discharge planning for heart failure in the short stay unit / Ginger A. Conway; title: Chronic heart failure management: drugs recommended for routine use / Robert J. Stomel and Majid J. Qazi.