Inpatient management of acute decompensated heart failure.
Leah RajSamuel David MaidmanBhavin B AdhyaruPublished in: Postgraduate medical journal (2019)
Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is the leading cause of hospital admissions in patients older than 65 years. These hospitalisations are highly risky and are associated with poor outcomes, including rehospitalisation and death. The management of ADHF is drastically different from that of chronic heart failure as inpatient treatment consists primarily of haemodynamic stabilisation, symptom relief and prevention of short-term morbidity and mortality. In this review, we will discuss the strategies put forth in the most recent American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association and Heart Failure Society of America guidelines for ADHF as well as the evidence behind these recommendations.
Keyphrases
- heart failure
- liver failure
- ejection fraction
- left ventricular
- end stage renal disease
- acute heart failure
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- respiratory failure
- palliative care
- mental health
- atrial fibrillation
- aortic dissection
- drug induced
- clinical practice
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- hepatitis b virus
- skeletal muscle
- type diabetes
- insulin resistance
- intensive care unit
- acute respiratory distress syndrome