Unidades de Insuficiência Cardíaca e Transplantação Cardíaca, Serviço de Cardiologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal; Nova Medical School, Lisboa, Portugal.
Unidades de Insuficiência Cardíaca e Transplantação Cardíaca, Serviço de Cardiologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal.
Rev Port Cardiol (Engl Ed). 2020 Jun;39(6):341-350. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2020.02.007. Epub 2020 Jun 26.
The prevalence of heart failure has increased over the past decades and is a major social and economic burden on healthcare services. Patient quality of life is severely impaired and heart failure is one of the main causes of death in Portugal. The functional organization of multidisciplinary teams engaged in the treatment of these patients is essential to improve health care provision and outcomes, specifically reducing mortality, hospital admissions, and improving quality of life. We describe current approaches to heart failure management and discuss the organization of heart failure units and cooperation among these units and also with other healthcare professionals.
过去几十年来，心力衰竭的患病率不断增加，给医疗服务带来了重大的社会和经济负担。患者的生活质量受到严重影响，心力衰竭是葡萄牙主要的死亡原因之一。多学科团队的功能组织对于改善医疗服务的提供和结果至关重要，特别是可以降低死亡率、住院率和提高生活质量。我们描述了当前心力衰竭管理的方法，并讨论了心力衰竭病房的组织以及这些病房与其他医疗保健专业人员之间的合作。
