title: Diabetes and heart failure.
abstract: Heart failure affects more than five million Americans. It is a health and financial burden on the US health care system. The 5-year mortality of heart failure with diabetes is about 50%. This article discusses the treatment of heart failure in the patient with diabetes, including developing effective communication skills between physicians and nurses, developing an effective plan for transitioning the patient between care settings, documenting patient visits consistently and clearly, and performing medication reconciliation at each visit. This article also discusses the need for monitoring readmission for heart failure, length of stay, discharge on beta-blocker, and vaccination rate.
authors: Diabetes Service Line and Patient Education, Harris Health System, 2525 Holly Hall Street, Houston, TX 77054, USA. talar.glover@harrishealth.org
authors: Talar L
authors: TL
authors: Glover
authors: Esperanza
authors: E
authors: Galvan
mesh_terms: D002302:Cardiac Output; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018450:Disease Progression; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents