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Article: Heart failure patients present challenges.
- Article from:
- Hospice Management Advisor
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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Heart failure patients present challenges
Comorbidities, patient attitudes make care difficult
Patients with heart failure may be among the most challenging for case managers who are coordinating their care. Patients with heart failure must take multiple medications, eat a low-salt diet to keep their condition under control, and monitor their condition constantly. And even if they do everything right, they are likely to find themselves back in the hospital or emergency department several times a year.
"Heart failure has substantial quality-of-life implications for patients. It has a higher mortality rate than most cancers, and it's difficult to ...