Short Stay Management of Acute Heart Failure

Part I. Administrative and Regulatory Issues

1. Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care Heart Failure Accreditation
Maghee Disch

2. The Economics and Reimbursement of Congestive Heart Failure
Sandra Sieck

3. Regulatory Requirements in Acute Heart Failure
Nancy M. Albert

4. Quality and Operational Metrics in Heart Failure
Donna Hunn, Phillip D. Levy, Matthew A. Wheatley, Maghee F. Disch

5. Interaction of Performance Measurements, Staffing, and Facility Requirements for the Heart Failure Observation Unit
Valorie Sweigart, Karen Krechmery

Part II. Pathophysiology and Demographics

6. Heart Failure: Epidemiology and Demographics
Karina M. Soto-Ruiz

7. Pathophysiology of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Ezra A. Amsterdam, Sandhya Venugopal, Angela Thinda

Part III. Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Department Assessment and Treatment of Acute Heart Failure

8. The Out-of-Hospital Management of Acute Heart Failure
Andrew M. McCoy, Richard B. Utarnachitt, Marvin A. Wayne

9. Dyspnea Assessment and Airway Management in Acute Heart Failure Patients
Gina DiAntonio Swartzel, Peter S. Pang

10. Volume Assessment in Heart Failure
Anna Marie Chang, Alfred B. Cheng

11. Emergency Department Ultrasound as a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Guide
Jennifer Carnell, Reeva Patel

12. Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers in Emergency Department Heart Failure
Yang Xue, Arrash Fard, Navaid Iqbal, Alan Maisel, Nicholas Wettersten

13. Emergency Department Therapy of Acute Heart Failure
Carlos E. Velasco, Deborah Diercks, Phillip D. Levy

Part IV. Observation Unit Treatment and Disposition

14. Observation Unit Admission Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
Jason M. Hogan, Sean Collins, Gregory J. Fermann

15. Acute Decompensated Heart Failure in the Observation Unit: Treatment Protocols
John Pease

16. Education Elements in the Observation Unit for Heart Failure Patients
Brad P. Mayeux, Robin J. Trupp

17. Emergency Department and Observation Unit Discharge Criteria
Kevan E. Meadors, Deborah B. Diercks

18. Effective Discharge Planning
Sudha P. Jaganathan, Ginger Conway, Stephanie Dunlap

19. Outpatient Medication Titration in Acute Heart Failure
Juan R. Vilaro, David E. Winchester

Part V. Complications and Future Research

20. Drugs to Avoid in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF): Contraindicated Medications and Interactions
Lindsey Aurora, James McCord

21. Implications of Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure Management
Chad E. Darling, David D. McManus

22. Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices
Brian Hiestand

23. Heart Failure and Kidney Disease: Management in the Short-Stay Unit
Shahriar Dadkhah, Korosh Sharain

Avainsanat: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine