Heart failure is the only cardiovascular disease that is increasing. The impact on the critical care environment and the health care system, as a whole, is significant from both a cost and burden to the system perspective. There are 6.5 million hospital days a year and nearly $40 billion dollars in yearly health care costs attributed to heart failure in the United States. There are more Medicare monies spent for diagnosing and treating heart failure than any other Diagnosis Related Group. There is a 24% hospital re-admission rate for this diagnosis which leads to financial implications for health care systems.The human cost is also significant. Less than half of Americans diagnosed with heart failure survive greater than 5 years. The ongoing health care needs and cost of this chronic disease takes a significant toll on patients’ finances, time and quality of life. Over $2.9 billion dollars is spent annually on the pharmaceutical management of heart failure in the United States. This diagnosis is the leading cause of hospitalization for patients who are 65 years of age and older. Few health care providers in the critical care environment are not affected by heart failure on a routine basis. Caring for these patients and their families is both a challenging and yet a rewarding experience. This edition will provide critical care nurses with a comprehensive heart failure review which is essential in caring for this challenging population given the dynamic health and critical care environments.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. Cover 3. Table of Contents - p. Cover 4. Copyright - p. Cover 5. Contributors - p. Cover 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. Cover 7. Preface. Heart Failure - p. Cover 8. Heart Failure: A Primer - p. Cover 9. Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation - p. Cover 10. Hypertensive Crisis: A Review of Pathophysiology and Treatment - p. Cover 11. Hemodynamics of Acute Right Heart Failure in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - p. Cover 12. Mechanisms of Cardiotoxicity and the Development of Heart Failure - p. Cover 13. Characteristics, Complications, and Treatment of Acute Pericarditis - p. Cover 14. High-Output Heart Failure Caused by Thyrotoxicosis and Beriberi - p. Cover 15. Sleep and Heart Failure - p. Cover 16. Patient Safety Coalition: A Focus on Heart Failure - p. Cover 17. The Role of the Nurse Navigator in the Management of the Heart Failure Patient - p. Cover 18. Ventricular Assist Device and Destination Therapy Candidates from Preoperative Selection Through End of Hospitalization - p. Cover 19. Cardiac Transplantation: Considerations for the Intensive Care Unit Nurse - p. Cover 20. Palliative Care in Heart Failure - p. Cover
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Heart failure is the only cardiovascular disease that is increasing. The impact on the critical care environment and the health care system, as a whole, is significant from both a cost and burden to the system perspective. There are 6.5 million hospital days a year and nearly $40 billion dollars in yearly health care costs attributed to heart failure in the United States. There are more Medicare monies spent for diagnosing and treating heart failure than any other Diagnosis Related Group. There is a 24% hospital re-admission rate for this diagnosis which leads to financial implications for health care systems.The human cost is also significant. Less than half of Americans diagnosed with heart failure survive greater than 5 years. The ongoing health care needs and cost of this chronic disease takes a significant toll on patients’ finances, time and quality of life. Over $2.9 billion dollars is spent annually on the pharmaceutical management of heart failure in the United States. This diagnosis is the leading cause of hospitalization for patients who are 65 years of age and older. Few health care providers in the critical care environment are not affected by heart failure on a routine basis. Caring for these patients and their families is both a challenging and yet a rewarding experience. This edition will provide critical care nurses with a comprehensive heart failure review which is essential in caring for this challenging population given the dynamic health and critical care environments.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. Cover 3. Table of Contents - p. Cover 4. Copyright - p. Cover 5. Contributors - p. Cover 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. Cover 7. Preface. Heart Failure - p. Cover 8. Heart Failure: A Primer - p. Cover 9. Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation - p. Cover 10. Hypertensive Crisis: A Review of Pathophysiology and Treatment - p. Cover 11. Hemodynamics of Acute Right Heart Failure in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome - p. Cover 12. Mechanisms of Cardiotoxicity and the Development of Heart Failure - p. Cover 13. Characteristics, Complications, and Treatment of Acute Pericarditis - p. Cover 14. High-Output Heart Failure Caused by Thyrotoxicosis and Beriberi - p. Cover 15. Sleep and Heart Failure - p. Cover 16. Patient Safety Coalition: A Focus on Heart Failure - p. Cover 17. The Role of the Nurse Navigator in the Management of the Heart Failure Patient - p. Cover 18. Ventricular Assist Device and Destination Therapy Candidates from Preoperative Selection Through End of Hospitalization - p. Cover 19. Cardiac Transplantation: Considerations for the Intensive Care Unit Nurse - p. Cover 20. Palliative Care in Heart Failure - p. Cover
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