Screen LibraryA practical guide to heart failure in older people
The objectives of treating and managing patients with heart failure are in many respects independent of age, but the management of older patients is more difficult and more complex than in younger patients: The diagnosis is easily overlooked, they have mu.
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470742945 |
| Summary: |
The objectives of treating and managing patients with heart failure are in many respects independent of age, but the management of older patients is more difficult and more complex than in younger patients: The diagnosis is easily overlooked, they have mu. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiv, 280 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780470742945 0470742941 9780470695173 (electronic bk.) 047069517X (electronic bk.) 9780470742938 (electronic bk.) 0470742933 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | RC685 |
| CLC: | R543.3 |
| Contents: | Epidemiology / Christopher Ward -- Heart failure and the aging heart / Helen Oxenham -- Aetiology / Christopher Ward -- Diagnosis / Christopher Ward -- Pharmacological treatment / Miles D. Witham -- Non-pharmacological management / Sinéad P. McKee and Miles D. Witham -- Comorbidity / Andrew Elder -- Treatment and management in primary care / Alan Begg -- The role of the specialist nurse / Sinéad P. McKee -- The role of the heart failure specialist / Maheshwar Pauriah, Aaron K.F. Wong and Chim C. Lang -- Hospitalization / Andrew Hannah -- Models of care and disease management programmes / |