title: Heart failure management in the emergency department observation unit.
abstract: The United States is currently in the midst of a heart failure epidemic. This has a tremendous impact on morbidity, mortality, and associated costs to our health care system. With demographic trends expected to double the at-risk cohort over the next 30 years, there is a serious need to develop more efficacious strategies addressing early diagnosis, treatment options, and outcomes in patients stricken with heart failure. This article reviews the newest diagnostics, therapeutics, and strategies for the management of heart failure and suggests appropriate implementation of these approaches in the emergency department observation unit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic, OH 44195, USA. Peacocw@ccf.org
authors.forename: W Frank
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Peacock
mesh_terms: D003971:Diastole / Q000502:physiology; D019468:Disease Management; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000097:blood; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D013599:Systole / Q000502:physiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents