(Update 2005-2006.
Next update at end of 2009)

 

Documents for Print
1. Admission standing order (St Cloud Hospital). (pdf)
2. Medications for heart failure. (pdf)
3. Medications for heart failure, when to start. (pdf)
4. (More detail on medications in Pharmacological Management)

Current topics
BNP / CRT / ICD / Anemia / Sleep apnea

 

CENTRACARE CLINIC
GUIDELINES FOR HEART FAILURE IN ADULT, SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION
Update 2003

Content

I.  Introduction

1. Purpose
2. Heart Failure Classification
3. Quick Look

II.  Algorithm / Annotation

1. Algorithm
2. Annotations
3. Cardiology Consult
4. Inpatient Management

III.  Non Cardiac Management
IV. Cardiac Management
V.  Pharmacological Management

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VI. Non Pharmacological Management

1. Synopsis
2. Detail

VII. Heart Failure with Diastolic Dysfunction (Will be updated)
VIII. References (Will be updated)
IX. Appendix  (Will be updated)

1. Drug Formulary: ACEIs; Beta Blockers; Diuretics; ARBs
2. Example of medication List of a patient (Central Minnesota Heart Center Heart Failure Clinic)
3. Patient Education Resources

X. Committee
XII.Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and ICD  
XIII.Watch for 2003 - 2004