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01-09-2020 | Heart Failure

Delirium in heart failure

Authors: Michele Correale, Mario Altamura, Raffaella Carnevale, Lucia Tricarico, Stefania Malerba, Anna Maria Gallotta, Claudia Altamura, Michela Perrella, Matteo Di Biase, Antonello Bellomo, Natale Daniele Brunetti

Published in: Heart Failure Reviews | Issue 5/2020

Abstract

Despite relative frequency of delirium in elderly hospitalized heart failure patients, skills and expertise in managing such complication are usually poor for physicians and nurses facing this clinical condition. International guidelines on heart failure do not provide detailed indication for such clinical condition, and evidence on this topic is limited. A multi-disciplinary approach (cardiologists, internists, geriatricians, psychologists, and psychiatrists) is often required; this review will therefore focus on diagnosis and clinical management of delirium in heart failure patients from a multidisciplinary point of view.

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Title: Delirium in heart failure
Authors: Michele Correale
Mario Altamura
Raffaella Carnevale
Lucia Tricarico
Stefania Malerba
Anna Maria Gallotta
Claudia Altamura
Michela Perrella
Matteo Di Biase
Antonello Bellomo
Natale Daniele Brunetti
Publication date: 01-09-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Keyword: Heart Failure
Published in: Heart Failure Reviews / Issue 5/2020
Print ISSN: 1382-4147
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7322
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10741-019-09842-w

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