heart failure

This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Image Credit: Pixabay Author: Daniel F. Leiva, DO, MS Baystate Medical Center Acute heart failure is a common and potentially life-threatening disorder the emergentologist should know well. In 2006 there were 5.1 million people living with heart failure in the United States and an estimated 23 million […]

Image Credit: Wikimedia This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Author: Alfred Morrobel, M.D Universidad Iberoamericana Epidemiology Congestive heart failure (CHF) in children is diverse due to the myriad underlying etiologies that can occur from birth to adolescence. In the United States, CHF is estimated to affect 12,000 to 35,000 children below the age […]

Image Credit: Pixabay Authors: Kaycie Corburn, MD; Lee Grodin, MD; Jackie Shibata, MD; Eli Brown, MD Edited by: Jay Khadpe, MD FAAEM; Michael C. Bond, MD FAAEMOriginally published: Common Sense May/June 2015 The most common cause of hospitalization in the United States and Europe is acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). ADHF is associated with high […]