Heart Failure Management In Primary Care
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- čas přidán 24. 06. 2024
- Heart failure is, without a doubt, one of the more complex topics that you will encounter in primary care. Two types, four stages, four classes, evolving guidelines for treatment, and a host of medications - it’s a lot to wrap your head around. Especially in a 15-minute visit.
Let’s talk about the core concepts of heart failure and increase your confidence. We’ll cover:
✅ The two types of heart failure, and how the different types impact the approach to treatment
✅ Diagnostics - which labs, which tests, and the crucial role of ejection fraction in heart failure
✅ The questions you don’t want to forget to ask the patient
✅ Medications used to treat heart failure
✅ What to look for in the chart BEFORE the first visit
Like so many other things with primary care, managing heart failure gets less stressful with time. But until then, having a strategy will increase your efficiency in the visit, your confidence on the subject, and give you clarity about co-managing with cardiology.
👉 Heart Failure Guidelines 2022: www.ahajournals.org/doi/epdf/...
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Video Breakdown:
00:00 - Introduction
01:40 - Background Information
03:55 - Two Broad Types of Heart Failure
05:15 - Stages and Classes
08:40 - Goals of Care for Heart Failure
09:08 - Assessment
11:03 - Assessment Questions
15:00 - Management Pieces
20:18 - Referral and Co-Management with Cardiology
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I am heart failure nurse practitioner and I teach heart failure. Interesting to hear it from a family practitioner perspective. It’s very important to refer patients to a heart failure specialist as management varies depending on patient’s stage and functional capacity as 1 out of 5 patients die within 5 years if not properly treated.
Thank you!
This i think has got to be the best video yet!! Thank you!
Wow, thanks!
Very very informative and easy to understand thanks for uploading free of cost
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for reviewing this important topic. Always look forward to your videos!
I appreciate that!
This is great information. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Helped a lot! Thank you!
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching.
Good info heart
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks as always! Would you be willing to do a video on male urinary symptoms, specifically bph vs prostate cancer. Thank you!
Hi! Great timing, Alex! I have an interview with a Urologist coming out 10/4 and we discussed these topics. Stay tuned and thank you!