1. Edition - April 2009
57.90 Euro
2009. 294 Pages, Hardcover
- Practical Approach Book -
ISBN-10: 0-470-69517-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-69517-3 - John Wiley & Sons






Sample Chapter

Short description
Eighty percent of heart failure patients are over 65 years old, and the majority of these are over 75, yet age-related treatment and management problems have been largely ignored in the literature. A Practical Guide to Heart Failure in Older People: Treatment and Management meets the need for a concise, comprehensive account of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, management, and end-of-life care of elderly patients with heart failure. Geriatricians, cardiologists, general hospital physicians, family practitioners, and other members of the patient care team will find this concise reference an ideal source of practical guidance when caring for this growing patient population.

From the contents
Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

Christopher Ward

References

Chapter 2 Epidemiology

Christopher Ward

References

Chapter 3 Heart Failure and the Aging Heart

Helen Oxenham

References

Chapter 4 Aetiology

Christopher Ward

References

Chapter 5 Diagnosis

Christopher Ward

References

Chapter 6 Pharmacological Treatment

Miles D. Witham

References

Chapter 7 Non-Pharmacological Management

Sinéad P. McKee and Miles D. Witham

References

Chapter 8 Comorbidity

Andrew Elder

References

Chapter 9 Treatment and Management in Primary Care

Alan Begg

References

Chapter 10 The Role of the Specialist Nurse

Sinéad P. McKee

References

Chapter 11 The Role of the Heart Failure Specialist

Maheshwar Pauriah, Aaron K.F. Wong and Chim C. Lang

References

Chapter 12 Hospitalization

Andrew Hannah

References

Chapter 13 Models of Care and Disease Management Programmes

Martin Wilson and Stephen J. Leslie

References

Chapter 14 Palliative and Supportive care for Patients with Advanced and Terminal Heart Failure

Christopher Ward, Francis G. Dunn, Shona M.M. Jenkins and Martin Leiper

References