Journal of General Practice Nursing (GPN) | July 2023

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British Society for Heart Failure digital pathway tool

British Society for Heart Failure digital pathway tool
Heart failure

Pages: 50 - 53

Article topics: Diagnosis, Management

Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome which arises when the heart is unable to pump blood adequately around the body, leading to a range of symptoms from shortness of breath and fatigue to fluid retention. HF care is complex, multifaceted, and is often delivered in varied settings by a range of healthcare workers depending on
local resources and services. To this end, the British Society for Heart Failure (BSH), using Delphi methodology (Barrett and Heale, 2020), has collaborated with cardiologists, specialist nurses, pharmacists, leads from primary and secondary care, as well as those from the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT), to develop an online resource with the aim of supporting this complex management, clinician competence and confidence, and increasing guideline-directed care. This article encourages use of this pathway and raises the importance of HF management from detection to palliative care (Karauzum et al, 2018).

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