Key result
Specialist nurses, tailored pharmacotherapy, and end-of-life care optimize practical HF management in elderly patients.
Why the study?
Heart failure management in the elderly is challenging due to increasing prevalence, multiple comorbidities, and associated frailty.
Provides a practical and pragmatic approach to managing heart failure in elderly patients with multiple comorbidities and frailty.
Offers pragmatic MDT framework for frail elderly HF; leaves open prospective validation before practice change.
Heart failure is a complex syndrome with an increasing prevalence in the elderly. The presence of multiple comorbidities and associated frailty make management of an already complex disease process more challenging. A practical and pragmatic approach is presented in this paper with regards to pharmacological interventions, the role of heart failure specialist nurses in the context of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) and end-of-life care issues.
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Desai et al. (2011) conducted a review in Heart failure. Medical management and multidisciplinary team approach was evaluated. A practical approach to managing heart failure in the elderly is presented, highlighting pharmacological interventions, specialist nurses, and end-of-life care.
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