Chronic cardiac disease : optimizing therapeutic efficacy in heart failure / Simon Stewart ; consulting editor in nursing, Brian Dolan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stewart, Simon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heart--Diseases--Nursing.

Heart.

Heart Diseases--nursing.

Medical Subjects:

Heart Diseases--nursing.

Physical Description:

ix, 185 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Whurr, [2002]

Summary:

Diseases affectIng the heart represent a major and costly burden to both society and to the individual. In this context, both intermediate coronary syndrome and chronic congestive heart failure are associated with unacceptably high levels of morbidity and mortality; especially among certain "high-risk" individuals. The studies described in this book were designed to identify and address (through the application of relatively novel and potentially useful adjunctive therapeutic strategies) some of the determinants of suboptimal therapeutic repsonse in both these conditions.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Heart failure: A modern epidemic we had to have? 1

Chapter 2 Clinical characteristics and management of chronic heart failure: Future implications 9

Chapter 3 Studies of morbidity and mortality related to heart failure in Scotland 36

Chapter 4 Determinants of therapeutic efficacy in chronic heart failure: Achieving optimal health outcomes 67

Chapter 5 Preliminary studies of home-based intervention 86

Chapter 6 A prospective study of an intervention specific to heart failure 128

Chapter 7 Nurse-led interventions in chronic heart failure: The way forward? 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

186156290X

OCLC:

48837053