Description
Bmj Publishing Group Clinical Evidence
Clinical evidence is the continually updated international source of the best available evidence on the effects of common clinical interventions. It provides a succinct account of the current state of evidence on the prevention and treatment of a wide range of clinical conditions. It can be used by anyone making decisions about patient care. Available as a full text edition, concise edition (including full text on mini cd-rom), and online. Clinical Evidence is accessible to a wide range of healthcare professionals. Preface Chapter 1: Heart Failure as a National Heath Problem: The Burden of Heart Failure Chapter 2: Heart Failure Guidelines and Disease Management Chapter 3: Managed Care and Heart Failure Chapter 4: Defining Heart Failure: Systolic versus Diastolic Dysfunction, Differential Diagnosis, Initial Testing Chapter 5: Serial Clinical Assessment of the Patient with Heart Failure Chapter 6: Treatment Goals for Heart Failure Patients in Critical Care Chapter 7: Managing Complicated In-patients: Co-morbidities and the Frail Elderly Chapter 8: Transition from Hospital to Home: Interdisciplinary Management Models Chapter 9: Living with Heart Failure: Promoting Adherence, Managing Symptoms, and Optimizing Function Chapter 10: Pharmacologic Management: Achieving Target Doses and Managing Interactions Chapter 11: Continuum of Care: Prevention to End of Life Chapter 12: Surgical Management of Heart Failure Chapter 13: The Management of Heart Failure's Electrical Complications: Device Therapy Chapter 14: Moving Ahead with Heart Failure: What does the Future Hold?