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Identifying undetected heart failure from general practice registers |
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Identifying undetected heart failure from general practice registers
Previous investigations, prescriptions, symptoms or admissions may help to identify someone with undetected heart failure such as (not exhaustive):
Investigation
- NTproBNP/BNP; and
- Echo.
Prescriptions
- Diuretics (metolazone, furosemide, bumetanide, torasemide, Bendroflumethiazde; and
- ACEi / ARNI / BB / MRA (and combinations thereof).
Symptoms
- Breathlessness (including young people with unexplained breathlessness e.g. post viral infection);
- Fatigue; and
- Sign - oedema.
Admissions to hospital
- Heart failure admissions;
- STEMI/NSTEMI – possible lost to follow-up post admission and/or no repeat echo;
- Cardiac procedures (CRT/ICD);
- Acute kidney Injury;
- Hypertension;
- Diabetes; and
- Atrial fibrillation/flutter.
Contents:
- Detection
- Diagnosis
- Acute Heart Failure: Diagnosis and management
- Chronic heart failure: Management and treatment
- Discharge and follow-up
- Palliative and psychological care
- Digital support
In this section
- Detection - Home
- Rationale for detection
- Settings and opportunities
- Symptoms
- Chronic conditions and risk factors
- Undetected HF in GP registers
- Screening
- Resources for detection
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