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Short Stay Management of Heart Failure
- Publication Year:
- 2006
- Edition:
- 1st
- Author:
- Peacock, W. Frank, IV, MD, FACEP
- Publisher:
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
- ISBN:
- 978-0-78-176645-6
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Under the auspices of the Society of Chest Pain Centers, is the first roadmap to treatment of heart failure patients in an observation unit.
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.
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.
- Practical guide to every phase of heart failure management in an observation unit—admission criteria, initial evaluation, treatment protocols, drugs that should and should not be used, discharge criteria, discharge planning, and patient education in the emergency department
- Appendices containing treatment pathways and algorithms; sample orders; discharge information; reminder cards; and diet instructions
- Discussion of performance measurement, staffing, and facilities requirements for observation unit heart failure management
- Discussion of regulatory issues
Details
- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Peacock, W. Frank, IV, MD, FACEP
- ISBN:
- 978-0-78-176645-6
- Specialty:
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- Cardiology
- Emergency Medical Technology
- Emergency Medicine & Trauma
- Internal Medicine
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st
- Pages:
- 176
- Publication Year:
- 2006
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