RT Book, Section
A1 Collins, Sean P.
A1 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1121503914
T1 Acute Heart Failure
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121503914
RD 2024/04/19
AB Acute  heart  failure  covers  a  wide  spectrum  of  illness,  ranging  from  a  gradual  increase  in  leg  swelling,  shortness  of  breath,  or  decreased  exercise  tolerance  to  the  abrupt  onset  of  pulmonary  edema.  While  alternative  terms  such  as  decompensated  heart  failure,  acute  heart  failure  syndrome,  or  hospitalized  with  heart  failure  have  been  used  nearly  interchangeably  over  the  last  decade,  we  refer  to  patients  with  either  an  acute  exacerbation  of  chronic  heart  failure  or  a  new-onset  heart  failure  as  having  acute  heart  failure.  The  term  congestive  heart  failure  is  outdated  and  describes  patients  with  signs  and  symptoms  of  fluid  accumulation.