Age and gender differences in physical heart failure symptom clusters

Heart failure (HF), a global clinical condition affecting 26 million around the world, is characterized by significant rates of costly hospitalizations.1,2 Due to improvements in the use of guideline directed medical therapy, mortality rates from HF have declined but prevalence and associated morbidity continue to rise.1 Physical HF symptoms are important early indicators of impending decompensation and the most common reason for seeking care making them an important focus of study3. Most HF hospitalizations are for management of distressing symptoms, especially dyspnea and fatigue, with over half of patients reporting anywhere from seven to nineteen concurrent physical and affective symptoms at the time of admission.

Source: Heart and Lung - July 23, 2021 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Kristen A. Sethares, Elizabeth Chin Source Type: research