Bridging the gap between evidence and practice in acute decompensated heart failure management

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL 6, 2008, Pages

  Michota, Franklin A ^a   Amin, Alpesh ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute decompensated heart failure; Clinical practice guidelines; Evidence based medicine; Inpatients

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AFTERCARE; ALGORITHM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFTERCARE; ALGORITHMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 61849111781     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.395     Document Type: Review

References (56)

1. Michota FA. Bridging the gap between evidence and practice in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: the quality improvement process. J Gen Intern Med. 2007; 22(12): 1762-1770.
2. DiDomenico RJ, Park HY, Southworth MR, et al. Guidelines for acute decompensated heart failure treatment. Ann Pharmacother. 2004; 38(4): 649-660.
3. Nieminen MS, Böhm M, Cowie MR, et al. Executive summary of the guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of acute heart failure: the Task Force on Acute Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology. Eur Heart J. 2005; 26(4): 384-416.
4. Heart Failure Society of America. Executive summary: HFSA 2006 comprehensive heart failure practice guideline. J Card Fail. 2006; 12(1): 10-38.
5. Silvers SM, Howell JM, Kosowsky JM, Rokos IC, Jagoda AS, American College of Emergency Physicians. Clinical policy: critical issues in the evaluation and management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with acute heart failure syndromes. Ann Emerg Med. 2007; 49(5): 627-669.
6. Fonarow GC, LaBresh KA, Yancy C, et al. Influence of the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure (GWTG-HF) program on emerging performance measures for patients hospitalized with heart failure. Circulation. 2006; 114: II-572. Abstract 2740.
7. Hernandez AF, Fonarow GC, Liang L, et al. Quality of care for heart failure patients with concomitant kidney disease in the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure (GWTG-HF) program. Circulation. 2006; 114: II-859. Abstract 3993.
8. Amin AN. The role of hospitalists in the management of acute decompensated heart failure. Am Heart Hosp J. 2005; 3(2): 111-117.
9. Lindenauer PK, Chehabeddine R, Pekow P, Fitzgerald J, Benjamin EM. Quality of care for patients hospitalized with heart failure: assessing the impact of hospitalists. Arch Intern Med. 2002; 162(11): 1251-1256.
10. Rosamond W, Flegal K, Furie K, et al. Heart disease and stroke statistics-2008 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Circulation. 2008; 117(4): e25-e146.
11. Abraham WT, Adams KF, Fonarow GC, et al. In-hospital mortality in patients with acute decompensated heart failure treated with intravenous vasoactive medications: an analysis from the Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry (ADHERE). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005; 46(1): 57-64.
12. Gheorghiade M, Abraham WT, Albert NM, et al. Systolic blood pressure at admission, clinical characteristics, and outcomes in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure. JAMA. 2006; 296(18): 2217-2226.
13. Kosowsky JM, Gasaway MD, Hamilton CA, Storrow AB. Preliminary experience with an emergency department observation unit protocol for heart failure. Acad Emerg Med. 2000; 7(10): 1171. Abstract 33.
14. Peacock WF4th, Remer EE, Aponte J, Moffa DA, Emerman CE, Albert NM. Effective observation unit treatment of decompensated heart failure. Congest Heart Fail. 2002; 8(2): 68-73.
15. Peacock WF, Albert NM. Patient outcome and costs following an acute heart failure (HF) management program in an emergency department (ED) observation unit (OU). J Heart Lung Transplant. 1999; 18(1): 92. Abstract 240.
16. Peacock WF, Aponte JH, Craig MT, Remer EE, Zacharias D, Emerman CL. Inpatient versus emergency department observation unit management of heart failure. Ann Emerg Med. 1998; 32(3 part 2): S46-S47. Abstract 180.
17. Peacock WF4th, Holland R, Gyarmathy R, et al. Observation unit treatment of heart failure with nesiritide: results from the proaction trial. J Emerg Med. 2005; 29(3): 243-252.
18. Emerman CL, Costanzo MR, Berkowitz RL, Cheng M. Early initiation of IV vasoactive therapy improves heart failure outcomes: an analysis from the ADHERE™ registry database. Ann Emerg Med. 2003; 42( 4 suppl): S26. Abstract 92.
19. Peacock WF4th, Fonarow GC, Emerman CL, et al. Impact of early initiation of intravenous therapy for acute decompensated heart failure on outcomes in ADHERE. Cardiology. 2007; 107(1): 44-51.
20. Collins S, Storrow AB, Kirk JD, Pang PS, Diercks DB, Gheorghiade M. Beyond pulmonary edema: diagnostic, risk stratification, and treatment challenges of acute heart failure management in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. 2008; 51(1): 45-57.
21. Lin M, Yang YF, Chiang HT, Chang MS, Chiang BN, Cheitlin MD. Reappraisal of continuous positive airway pressure therapy in acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema. Short-term results and long-term follow-up. Chest. 1995; 107(5): 1379-1386.
22. L'Her E, Duquesne F, Girou E, et al. Noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure in elderly cardiogenic pulmonary edema patients. Intensive Care Med. 2004; 30(5): 882-888.
23. Yancy CW, Lopatin M, Stevenson LW, De Marco T, Fonarow GC. Clinical presentation, management, and in-hospital outcomes of patients admitted with acute decompensated heart failure with preserved systolic function: a report from the Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry (ADHERE) Database. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006; 47(1): 76-84.
24. Costanzo MR, Saltzberg M, O'Sullivan J, Sobotka P. Early ultrafiltration in patients with decompensated heart failure and diuretic resistance. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005; 46(11): 2047-2051.
25. Brater DC. Diuretic therapy in congestive heart failure. Congest Heart Fail. 2000; 6(4): 197-201.
26. Heywood JT, Fonarow GC, Costanzo MR, et al. High prevalence of renal dysfunction and its impact on outcome in 118, 465 patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure: a report from the ADHERE database. J Card Fail. 2007; 13(6): 422-430.
27. Cotter G, Metzkor E, Kaluski E, et al. Randomised trial of high-dose isosorbide dinitrate plus low-dose furosemide versus high-dose furosemide plus low-dose isosorbide dinitrate in severe pulmonary oedema. Lancet. 1998; 351(9100): 389-393.
28. Ellison DH. Diuretic therapy and resistance in congestive heart failure. Cardiology. 2001; 96(3-4): 132-143.
29. Sackner-Bernstein JD. Management of diuretic-refractory, volume-overloaded patients with acutely decompensated heart failure. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2005; 7(3): 204-210.
30. Mills RM, LeJemtel TH, Horton DP, et al. Sustained hemodynamic effects of an infusion of nesiritide (human b-type natriuretic peptide) in heart failure: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1999; 34(1): 155-162.
31. Colucci WS, Elkayam U, Horton DP, et al. Intravenous nesiritide, a natriuretic peptide, in the treatment of decompensated congestive heart failure. N Engl J Med. 2000; 343(4): 246-253.
32. Publication Committee for the VMAC Investigators. Intravenous nesiritide vs nitroglycerin for treatment of decompensated congestive heart failure: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2002; 287(12): 1531-1540.
33. Cataliotti A, Boerrigter G, Costello-Boerrigter LC, et al. Brain natriuretic peptide enhances renal actions of furosemide and suppresses furosemide-induced aldosterone activation in experimental heart failure. Circulation. 2004; 109(13): 1680-1685.
34. Sica DA, Gottwald M, Li YP. Nesiritide appears to inhibit the rise in plasma aldosterone associated with furosemide diuresis. J Card Fail. 2006; 12( 6 suppl 1): S85-S86. Abstract 275.
35. Elkayam U, Tasissa G, Binanay C, et al. Use and impact of inotropes and vasodilator therapy in hospitalized patients with severe heart failure. Am Heart J. 2007; 153(1): 98-104.
36. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Specifications Manual for National Implementation of Hospital Quality Measures. Version 2.3b. http://www.jointcommission.org/PerformanceMeasurement/PerformanceMeasurement/Historical+NHQM+manuals.htm. Accessed October 10, 2008.
37. American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Get with the guidelines-heart failure. Fact sheet. http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/1163802072170HFFactSheet.pdf. Accessed October 10, 2008.
38. Fonarow GC, Abraham WT, Albert NM, et al. Association between performance measures and clinical outcomes for patients hospitalized with heart failure. JAMA. 2007; 297(1): 61-70.
39. Krumholz HM, Baker DW, Ashton CM, et al. Evaluating quality of care for patients with heart failure. Circulation. 2000; 101(12): e122-e140.
40. Aghababian RV. Acutely decompensated heart failure: opportunities to improve care and outcomes in the emergency department. Rev Cardiovasc Med. 2002; 3( suppl 4): S3-S9.
41. Peacock WF4th, Albert NM. Observation unit management of heart failure. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2001; 19(1): 209-232.
42. Ghali JK, Kadakia S, Cooper R, Ferlinz J. Precipitating factors leading to decompensation of heart failure. Traits among urban blacks. Arch Intern Med. 1988; 148(9): 2013-2016.
43. Vinson JM, Rich MW, Sperry JC, Shah AS, McNamara T. Early readmission of elderly patients with congestive heart failure. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1990; 38(12): 1290-1295.
44. Fonarow GC, Stevenson LW, Walden JA, et al. Impact of a comprehensive heart failure management program on hospital readmission and functional status of patients with advanced heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1997; 30(3): 725-732.
45. Hershberger RE, Ni H, Nauman DJ, et al. Prospective evaluation of an outpatient heart failure management program. J Card Fail. 2001; 7(1): 64-74.
46. Holst DP, Kaye D, Richardson M, et al. Improved outcomes from a comprehensive management system for heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail. 2001; 3(5): 619-625.
47. Whellan DJ, Gaulden L, Gattis WA, et al. The benefit of implementing a heart failure disease management program. Arch Intern Med. 2001; 161(18): 2223-2228.
48. Rich MW, Beckham V, Wittenberg C, Leven CL, Freedland KE, Carney RM. A multidisciplinary intervention to prevent the readmission of elderly patients with congestive heart failure. N Engl J Med. 1995; 333(18): 1190-1195.
49. O'Connell AM, Crawford MH, Abrams J. Heart failure disease management in an indigent population. Am Heart J. 2001; 141(2): 254-258.
50. Capomolla S, Febo O, Ceresa M, et al. Cost/utility ratio in chronic heart failure: comparison between heart failure management program delivered by day-hospital and usual care. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002; 40(7): 1259-1266.
51. Kasper EK, Gerstenblith G, Hefter G, et al. A randomized trial of the efficacy of multidisciplinary care in heart failure outpatients at high risk of hospital readmission. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002; 39(3): 471-480.
52. Hebert KA, Horswell RL, Dy S, et al. Mortality benefit of a comprehensive heart failure disease management program in indigent patients. Am Heart J. 2006; 151(2): 478-483.
53. Del Sindaco D, Pulignano G, Minardi G, et al. Two-year outcome of a prospective, controlled study of a disease management programme for elderly patients with heart failure. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2007; 8(5): 324-329.
54. Gambetta M, Dunn P, Nelson D, Herron B, Arena R. Impact of the implementation of telemanagement on a disease management program in an elderly heart failure cohort. Prog Cardiovasc Nurs. 2007; 22(4): 196-200.
55. Nguyen V, Ducharme A, White M, et al. Lack of long-term benefits of a 6-month heart failure disease management program. J Card Fail. 2007; 13(4): 287-293.
56. Ducharme A, Doyon O, White M, Rouleau JL, Brophy JM. Impact of care at a multidisciplinary congestive heart failure clinic: a randomized trial. CMAJ. 2005; 173(1): 40-45.