This consensus paper provides expert guidance to standardize the pre-hospital and early hospital management of acute heart failure across different healthcare providers.
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Informs acute HF hospitalization and discharge decisions now; extends consensus to standardize pre-hospital care.
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
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