عنوان المقالة:تأثير المسار الاكلينيكي لمرضى قصور القلب الاحتقاني على طول مدة الإقامة في المستشفى وأوديما الأطراف The Impact of Clinical Pathway for Congestive Heart Failure Patients on their Length of Hospital Stay and Limb Edema
مني جمال محمد, ثناء علاء الدينغني عبد الناصر , مني حسن
English Authors
Mona Gamal Mohamed, Sanaa Mohamed Alaa EL-Deen , Ghona Abd EL-nasser Ali, Mona Hassan Ibrahim
Abstract
Background: After quite a long time, heart failure (HF) turns into a typical cardiovascular
condition whose occurrence and predominance are increasing. Being a typical cause for
urgent hospital admission, it is a noteworthy reason for morbidity and mortality for the
patients. The aim of the study: to determine the impact of clinical pathway for congestive
heart failure patients on their Length of hospital stay and Limb edema. Subjects & methods:
Research design: A quasi-experimental research design was utilized in this study. Setting:
Cardiology department and Outpatient clinic of cardiology at Sohag Cardiac and Hepatic
institution. Subjects: A convenient sample of 68 patients with CHF divided to equal group (34
patients each). Tools of data collections: Three tools were used for data collection
Congestive Heart Failure Patient Assessment, Clinical Pathway Protocol and Congestive
Heart Failure Patient Variance Sheet. Results: The study supported as a good improvement
in complains of study group and decrease in length of hospital stay as compared with control
group. Conclusion: Patient with congestive heart failure exposed for several complications.
Improving care and practice can favorable affect the incidence of these complications.
Recommendation: Apply clinical pathway for patients with CHF rather than the traditional
care with the aid of established guidelines of care and illustrated patient education handout,
providing comprehensive education and training for nurses who care for CHF patients lays
the foundation for quality care
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