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Patients with advanced heart failure may experience an improved quality of life with inotropic infusion therapy. Patients who receive intermittent infusions spend four hours per day, three days per week for eight weeks at the Heart Failure Center. The Registered Dietitian (RD) in our Heart Failure Center found this time to be an opportunity for effective nutrition education. The RD has easy access,...
The goal for outcomes management of patients with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is to prevent cardiac decompensation and subsequent hospitalizations in order to decrease hospital costs and improve the patient's quality of life. The Registered Dietitian in our heart failure center is addressing this goal with aggressive medical nutrition therapy (MNT) and by using a tracking system that identifies...
Congestive Heart Failure (DRG 127) is the most frequently used DRG for hospitalization in older adults. Non-compliance with diet and/or medication has been reported as the major cause of cardiac decompensation leading to hospitalization. As part of the comprehensive nutrition program at our heart failure center, the Registered Dietitian developed and implemented a tracking system to identify patients...
LEARNING OUTCOME: To identify a model for the role of a dietitian in an outpatient heart failure center and to identify outcome indicators appropriate for use with congestive heart failure outpatients. The establishment of outpatient heart failure centers is recognized as an essential step in decreasing the staggering cost of caring for the patient with congestive heart failure (CHF). These outpatient...
LEARNING OUTCOME: To identify innovative and effective educational strategies for individuals with congestive heart failure Patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) are most often coping with multiple health problems and are overwhelmed with many necessary lifestyle changes. Challenges in teaching new dietary behaviors include variations in a patient's: 1) disability due to disease; 2) educational...