Living With Heart Failure A Patient Teaching Guide

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Living with heart failure a patient teaching guide.

It is the most common diagnosis that brings a patient to a hospital for admission. Heart failure is a condition that affects over 350 000 canadians of all ages. Patient tip sheets. Many new cases of heart failure are diagnosed each year.

Knowledge and increased awareness are key to improved management of heart failure. What is heart failure heart failure hf is sometimes called congestive heart failure chf. Please watch our heart failure class to learn important information. It affects 5 million americans with 550 000 new cases diagnosed each year.

What is heart failure. The heart is a pump. 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. To manage your heart failure you need to take certain steps every day to be healthy at home.

This online manual includes information about heart failure and how to manage it. It is meant to be used as a guide. Although some cases of heart failure cannot be cured heart failure can be managed through diet exercise and medicine. 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. It is the most common cause of hospitalization in people over 65. Heart failure occurs when the heart is not working as well as it should.