Living With Heart Failure A Patient Teaching Guide

It affects 5 million americans with 550 000 new cases diagnosed each year.

Living with heart failure a patient teaching guide.

Many new cases of heart failure are diagnosed each year. What is heart failure heart failure hf is sometimes called congestive heart failure chf. This online manual includes information about heart failure and how to manage it. To manage your heart failure you need to take certain steps every day to be healthy at home.

It is the most common diagnosis that brings a patient to a hospital for admission. It is the most common cause of hospitalization in people over 65. Knowledge and increased awareness are key to improved management of heart failure. Please watch our heart failure class to learn important information.

Heart failure class 1 of 4. Heart failure occurs when the heart is not working as well as it should. The class has been recorded in whole and in each part for your ease in watching and returning to information you may want to review. Heart failure means your heart does not pump blood as well as it should.

Heart failure is a condition that affects over 350 000 canadians of all ages. The american association of heart failure nurses aahfn patient education committee s goal is to provide evidence based education and information on heart failure to patients families and healthcare providers. It is meant to be used as a guide. Patient tip sheets.

Written by heart failure experts at cleveland clinic. The guide includes important information about heart failure including treatment nutrition activity when to call your doctor and living with heart failure. Although some cases of heart failure cannot be cured heart failure can be managed through diet exercise and medicine.