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Short Stay Management of Heart Failure

Publication Year:
2006
Edition:
1st Ed.
Author:
W. Frank Peacock IV, MD, FACEP
Publisher:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
ISBN:
978-0-78-176645-6
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Handbook, under the auspices of the Society of Chest Pain Centers, is the first roadmap to treatment of heart failure patients in an observation unit.
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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OvidSP
Publisher:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
Product Type:
Book
Author:
W. Frank Peacock IV, MD, FACEP
ISBN:
978-0-78-176645-6
Specialty:
  • Cardiology
  • Emergency Medical Technology
  • Emergency Medicine & Trauma
  • Internal Medicine
Language:
English
Edition:
1st Ed.
Pages:
176
Publication Year:
2006

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