Supportive Care In Heart Failure
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Supportive Care In Heart Failure
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Author : James Beattie
language : en
Publisher: Supportive Care
Release Date : 2008
Supportive Care In Heart Failure written by James Beattie and has been published by Supportive Care this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Medical categories.
Supportive care is integral to comprehensive heart failure care. It addresses communication with the patient and family, decision-making and education, symptom management, quality of life, and psychological, spiritual and social aspects of care. The fifth book in the Supportive Care series, Supportive Care in Heart Failure provides an evidence-based overview of heart failure aetiology, management, and supportive care of patients throughout the course of heartfailure. Chapters cover heart failure epidemiology, pathophysiology and treatment, communication with patients and carers, management of common problems and symptoms in heart failure patients,prognostication, end of life care, and bereavement.
Heart Failure And Palliative Care
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Author : Miriam Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing
Release Date : 2006
Heart Failure And Palliative Care written by Miriam Johnson and has been published by Radcliffe Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Health care teams categories.
Heart failure is a very common terminal condition but few patients receive proper palliative care. This text is full of practical, evidence based advice, and encourages a multidisciplinary team based approrach.
Heart Failure
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Author : Miriam Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-04-05
Heart Failure written by Miriam Johnson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-05 with Medical categories.
Excellent end of life care for people with heart failure is challenging but possible. In easily digestible summaries, this book presents practical advice about how and when to integrate a palliative care approach alongside standard heart failure management.
Issues In Heart Failure Nursing
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Author : Chris Jones
language : en
Publisher: M&K Update Ltd
Release Date : 2006
Issues In Heart Failure Nursing written by Chris Jones and has been published by M&K Update Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Medical categories.
The number of people suffering from this debilitating condition is predicted to grow exponentially over the next decade. This has serious implications for the health services. Investigating heart failure is not cheap even where facilities exist. The drugs used, though effective – often remarkably so – are also costly as are laboratory investigations. These again are not cheap. People with heart failure require frequent admissions to hospital and occupy many beds and much staff attention. All of these factors are set to increase over the next decades. This eclectic collection of papers tackles many of the issues that concern those who care for individuals with heart failure; organisation of services, exercise, palliative care amongst them, but also novel and rarely discussed issues. The book is suited to both pre and post-registered health care students. We do not supply inspection copies but we do supply Examination copies, whereby a course leader has 30 days to evaluate the book, then choose to adopt, purchase or return the book. If you are interested in further details please do not hesitate in contacting me. CONTENTS: Preface - Chris Jones Foreword Professor Martin Cowie Heart failure in the community: a confusion of protocols District nurses meeting the challenge of heart failure The care of patients who develop heart failure alongside mental health problems Adults with congenital heart disease and heart failure Cardiac resynchronisation therapy Congestive heart failure and cognitive dysfunction Sexual dysfunction in heart failure Exercise training in the management of patients with heart failure: a review of the evidence Exercise: the things we don't know Improved symptom control in palliative care for heart failure Improving palliative care service provision for patients with heart failure Assisted dying and heart failure
Communication About The Heart Failure Trajectory In Patients Their Families And Health Care Professionals
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Author : Lisa Hjelmfors
language : en
Publisher: Linköping University Electronic Press
Release Date : 2018-03-14
Communication About The Heart Failure Trajectory In Patients Their Families And Health Care Professionals written by Lisa Hjelmfors and has been published by Linköping University Electronic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-14 with categories.
Introduction: There is an increasing awareness in the field of cardiology regarding the need for improved delivery of palliative care in patients with heart failure (HF). Professional guidelines have drawn attention to the importance of discussing the heart failure trajectory with patients and their families. These discussions can include, for example, talking about the prognosis, expectations for the future, and care at the end-of-life. It seems difficult for health care professionals to choose the right time for initiating these discussions. They often avoid these conversations because they are afraid of taking away hope and make the patients and their families anxious. Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to improve communication about the heart failure trajectory in patients, their families, and health care professionals. Design and methods: This thesis includes five studies using different designs and data collection methods. Study I has a cross-sectional design using a questionnaire to collect data to describe heart failure nurses’ perceptions of and practice in discussing prognosis and end-of-life care with heart failure patients. Study II has a descriptive and comparative design, where a survey was performed to describe Swedish and Dutch heart failure nurses’ reasons for discussing or not discussing prognosis and end-of-life care with patients. Study III has an inductive and exploratory design, where HF patients participated in focus groups or individual interviews. Data was collected based on their perceptions of communication about the heart failure prognosis. Study IV was a small-scale ethnographic study describing and evaluating the delivery of a simulation when teaching third-year nursing students about end-of-life care at a Swedish university. Study V used co-design in which patients with HF from primary care, their family members and health care professionals (physicians and nurses) from palliative and HF care were invited to be constructive participants in the design process of a communication intervention. Health care professionals participated in a first feasibility testing of the intervention. Results: Most Swedish HF nurses had discussed prognosis (96%) and end-of-life care (84%) with a HF patient at some point in clinical practice. The nurses often reported that a physician was to have the main responsibility for such discussions (69%), but that the nurse was also believed to have a role to play (I). Prognosis and end-of-life care were, together with sexual activity, () the three least frequently discussed topics in HF clinics in both Sweden and the Netherlands (II). In conversations with 1,809 Swedish and Dutch HF patients, prognosis was discussed with 38% of the patients and end-of-life care was discussed with 10%. In study III, patients expressed different experiences of and preferences for communication about their HF prognosis. Many patients described that the health care professionals had not provided them with any prognosis information at all. The patients had different understandings of HF as a chronic illness, which had an impact on their preferences for communication about their prognosis (III). The simulation training described in the ethnographic study (IV) was part of an end-of-life care simulation during the last term of the 3- year bachelor degree level nursing education program, where students learn and practice basic palliative care. The students felt that the simulation training was a good opportunity to practice handling end-of- life situations as it gave them a chance to experience this situation and their own feelings and thoughts on death and dying. In study V, an intervention to improve communication about prognosis and end-of-life care in HF care was developed and some areas were feasibility tested. Heart failure patients, their families and health care professionals working in HF care or palliative care participated in the development process. Health care professionals (nurses and physicians) participated in the following feasibility testing of the intervention. Conclusions: This thesis shows that prognosis and end-of-life care are seldom discussed with HF patients in Swedish and Dutch heart failure care. and that many heart failure nurses have ambiguous attitudes towards discussing these topics with patients and their families (I+II). The patients described that they receive different messages concerning their heart failure, and that they also have different preferences for discussing the heart failure trajectory with health care professionals. The professionals need to understand the impact of heart failure on each patient and adapt the communication to each individual (III). End-of-life care simulation with skilled supervisors shows great promise for health care professionals to learn good communication skills in end-of-life care conversations (IV). A Question Prompt List and a communication course might be useful for improving communication about the heart failure trajectory in patients, their families, and health care professionals
Integrated End Of Life Care In Advanced Congestive Heart Failure
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Author : Helen Senderovich
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-06-17
Integrated End Of Life Care In Advanced Congestive Heart Failure written by Helen Senderovich and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-17 with categories.
Heart Failure And Palliative Care
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Author : Miriam Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-13
Heart Failure And Palliative Care written by Miriam Johnson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-13 with categories.
Difficult Conversations
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Author : National Council for Palliative Care (Great Britain)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Difficult Conversations written by National Council for Palliative Care (Great Britain) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Heart failure categories.
Heart Failure
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Author : Roy S. Gardner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Heart Failure written by Roy S. Gardner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Medical categories.
Heart failure is an important and ever expanding sub-speciality of cardiology. Many health care professional bodies are now developing specialist expertise in heart failure. This is true for cardiologists in training, consultant cardiologists, care of the elderly and general physicians, cardiothoracic surgeons, primary care doctors, pharmacists and specialist nurses. With advances in medical therapy, the prognosis of the condition has improved dramatically. Whereas once heart failure was a pre-terminal diagnosis, now for many it is treatable. However, some patients remain symptomatic and at high risk of death despite maximal medical therapy. These patients can benefit from a range of novel device therapies. For those who remain symptomatic despite optimal treatment cardiac transplantation remains an option. This updated book comprehensively covers all aspects necessary to manage a patient with heart failure. It gives simple, clear advice on the diagnosis, investigation and treatment options available highlighting the current evidence-base. The chapters provide concise and objective information to guide all health care professionals involved in the modern day multi-disciplinary management of the syndrome. The book is set out logically to mirror the patient journey in heart failure. An updated edition of the first practical manual of heart failure management.
Palliative Care In Cardiac Intensive Care Units
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Author : Massimo Romanò
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-09-29
Palliative Care In Cardiac Intensive Care Units written by Massimo Romanò and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-29 with Medical categories.
This book analyzes the main topics of Palliative Care in Cardiac Intensive Care Units (CICU), from the changing epidemiology of patients admitted to the ICU, to the main clinical and ethical issues. The changing epidemiology of patients has led to new and emerging patient needs at the end of life. Care has shifted from acute coronary syndrome patients towards elderly patients, with a high prevalence of non-ischemic cardiovascular diseases and a high burden of non-cardiovascular comorbid conditions: both increase the susceptibility of patients to developing life-threatening critical conditions. These conditions are associated with a significant symptom burden, high mortality rate, and increased length of stay. The main new challenges involve shared decision-making, symptom control (pain, dyspnea, etc.), and ethical issues (withholding/withdrawing life sustaining treatments, deactivation of implanted cardiac devices, palliative sedation), all of which necessitate formal education on end-of-life care. Written by opinion leaders in their respective fields, who share their experience with improving the cultural and clinical competence of medical/nursing teams, this volume is chiefly intended for cardiologists, anesthesiologists, palliative care doctors and nursing staff.