Involving a geriatrician and pharmacist in the heart failure multidisciplinary team is important to manage polypharmacy and provide a holistic, person-centred approach for older adults.
Highlights the importance of involving geriatricians and pharmacists in the multidisciplinary management of older heart failure patients to address polypharmacy.
Heart failure (HF) is a common health condition that typically affects older adults. Many people with HF are cared for on an inpatient basis, by noncardiologists, such as acute medical physicians, geriatricians and other physicians. Treatment options for HF are ever increasing, and adherence to guidelines for prognostic therapy contributes to polypharmacy, which is very familiar to clinicians who care for older people. This article explores the recent trials in both HF with reduced ejection fraction and HF with preserved ejection fraction and the limitations of international guidance in their management with respect to older people. In addition, this article discusses the challenge of managing polypharmacy in those with advanced age, and the importance of involving a geriatrician and pharmacist in the HF multidisciplinary team to provide a holistic and person-centred approach to optimisation of HF therapies.
Stefil et al. (Mon,) conducted a review in Heart failure. Multidisciplinary team involving a geriatrician and pharmacist was evaluated. Involving a geriatrician and pharmacist in the heart failure multidisciplinary team is important to manage polypharmacy and provide a holistic, person-centred approach for older adults.
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