May 21, 2015ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam)416 citationsOpen Access
Recommendations on Pre-Hospital & Early Hospital Management of Acute Heart Failure: A Consensus Paper from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, the European Society of Emergency Medicine and the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine
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Structured PICO
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Population
Patients with acute heart failure in the pre-hospital and hospital setting
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Intervention
Pre-hospital and early hospital management
This consensus paper provides expert guidance on the pre-hospital and early hospital management of acute heart failure to help enable contiguous practice.
Abstract
Acute heart failure is a fatal syndrome. Emergency physicians, cardiologists, intensivists, nurses and other health care providers have to cooperate to provide optimal benefit. However, many treatment decisions are opinion-based and few are evidenced-based. This consensus paper provides guidance to practicing physicians and nurses to manage acute heart failure in the pre-hospital and hospital setting. Criteria of hospitalization and of discharge are described. Gaps in knowledge and perspectives in the management of acute heart failure are also detailed. This consensus paper on acute heart failure might help enable contiguous practice.