Diagnosing and managing acute heart failure in adults: Summary of NICE guidance

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Dworzynski, Katharina ^a   Roberts, Emmert ^b   Ludman, Andrew ^c   Mant, Jonathan ^d  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; NITRATE; OPIATE;

ACIDEMIA; ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPEUTIC DEVICE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDICATION; DYSPNEA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MODIFIED ULTRAFILTRATION; NONCARDIOGENIC LUNG EDEMA; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ACUTE DISEASE; HEART FAILURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS;

EID: 84908101977     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g5695     Document Type: Review

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