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Acute heart failure in the older patient in the emergency department

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 November 2014

F. Javier Martín-Sánchez ,
Esther Rodríguez-Adrada  and
José Manuel Ribera Casado
F. Javier Martín-Sánchez*
Affiliation:
Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
Esther Rodríguez-Adrada
Affiliation:
Servicio de Urgencias, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
José Manuel Ribera Casado
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Francisco Javier Martín-Sánchez, Servicio de Urgencias, Calle Profesor Martín-Lagos s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain. Email: fjjms@hotmail.com
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Summary

Acute heart failure is a highly prevalent geriatric syndrome presenting one of the most frequent reasons for visits to the emergency department and hospital admission, and is associated with a high morbidity and mortality and acute functional impact. The present study reviews some of the features that characterize diagnosis and immediate management of acute heart failure in older people, as well as recommendations about the management of co-morbidity, risk stratification and the decisión-making process, and the design of care plans in this older age group within the setting of hospital emergency departments.

Keywords

acute heart failureelderlyemergency department
Type
Review Article
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , November 2014 , pp. 290 - 303
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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