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Provides a roadmap to the treatment of heart failure patients in an observation unit. It 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.

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Language
English
Pages
214

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Short stay management of heart failure
2006, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, LWW
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Table of Contents

Heart failure in the observation unit / W. Frank Peacock
The out-of-hospital management of acute heart failure / Marvin A. Wayne and Vincent N. Mosesso, Jr.
Observation unit admission inclusion and exclusion criteria / Sean P. Collins
Acute exacerbations of heart failure: initial evaluation and management in the acute care setting / Douglas S. Ander
The process and economics of heart failure / Sandra Sieck
Observation unit: treatment protocols / J. Douglas Kirk
Drugs that should not be used in the observation unit management of heart failure: The adverse effects of selected drugs / Harischandra B. Karunaratne, Arti N. Bhavsar, and Nicole Rosenke
Performance measurement, staffing, and facilities requirements for observation unit heart failure management / Nancy M. Albert
Emergency department and observation unit discharge criteria / Deborah B. Diercks
The essentials of patient education in the emergency department / Robin J. Trupp and Elsie M. Selby
Discharge planning for heart failure in the short stay unit / Ginger A. Conway
Chronic heart failure management: drugs recommended for routine use / Robert J. Stomel and Majid J. Qazi.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Philadelphia
Genre
Handbooks, manuals, etc., Handbooks.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
616.1/29
Library of Congress
RC685.C53 S46 2006, RC685.C53S46 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 214 p. :
Number of pages
214

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17888989M
Internet Archive
isbn_9780781766456
ISBN 10
0781766451
ISBN 13
9780781766456
LCCN
2006004703
OCLC/WorldCat
64067567
Library Thing
6354681
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1604/9780781766456
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2636644

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