Seasonal variation in hospital admission in patients with heart failure and its effect on prognosis.

Prognosis of emergency room stabilization of decompensated congestive heart failure with high dose lasix

Objective: Congestive heart failure (CHF) has become one of the most important health care problems in western countries. This article focuses on the outpatient diagnosis and management of heart failure. We want to compare the outcome of patients who were treated with high dose diuretics in the emergency department (ED) without admission with patients who were admitted to hospi...

The effect of teaching heart failure patients and their families based on their learning needs on frequency of re-admission

Background and Objectives: Re-admission of patients with heart failure is increasingly high. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effects of teaching heart failure patients and their families based on their learning needs on the frequency of re-admission. Materials and Methods: This clinical trial was conducted on 75 patients with heart failure. Samples were divided randomly into one...

تاثیر بازدید منزل‌بر پذیرش‌مجدد بیماران‌مبتلا به‌نارسایی‌قلبی‌

  Background : Heart failure is a chronic disease with relapsing nature. As a result the recurrent hospitalization of patient with heart failure has become a major topic of discussion in the field of health care. Various studies has shown that home visit exert a positive influence on readmission and mortality rate in these patients.   Objective : To determine the effect of home visit on readmis...

Effect of seasonal variation on hospital admission due to cardiovascular disease - findings from an observational study in a divisional hospital in Bangladesh

BACKGROUND Seasonal variation in the hospital admission due to cardiovascular disease (CVDs) has been widely reported. However, very limited data on Bangladesh is available regarding this matter. The aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of seasonal variation on hospital admission due to CVDs in a leading hospital of Bangladesh. METHODS Over a period of two years (from May 20...

  Background & Objective : Heart failure is a clinical syndrome and increases in rate by aging. Because changes in ECG and electrolytes are variable, specific and sometimes independent to the disease with different methods to be diagnosed, in this study we tried to find a way to diagnose them.   Materials & Methods: This is a retrospective descriptive-analytic study. Data was collected from dec...