Leeds Primary Care Heart Failure Management
1. Information Resources for Patients and Carers
Quick info:
Patient.co.uk - Heart Failure Patient Information
2. Referral Forms
Quick info:
Leeds Integrated Heart Failure Service Form
NB Use this form for both 2 week and 6 week pathway
Community Heart Failure Team Form
5. ACE inhibitor
Quick info:
Start with ramipril 1.25mg BD Target dose is 5mg of ramipril BD
Up-titrate dose every 2 weeks until optimum tolerated or target dose achieved
Renal function and electrolytes (U+E's) at initiation and each dose increment
Use candesartan if genuine intolerance to ACE inhibitor
6. Beta-Blocker
Quick info:
Start with bisoprolol 1.25mg per day
Increase every 2 weeks as tolerated
Target dose is 10mg of bisoprolol per day
Check no contraindications (smoking related COPD is NOT a contraindication)
7. Loop diuretic
Quick info:
Use for sympton control af fluid overload
Increase or decrease dependent on symptoms
19. Refer to Community Heart Failure if Ongoing Symptoms, Fluid Overload or Deteriorating Investigations
Quick info:
Referral Form
Introduction
The community heart failure service operates city wide and forms part of the Leeds Cardiac Service. It aims to improve the quality of life for patients diagnosed with heart failure and reduce the need for repeat admission to hospital. The service comprises a team of cardiac nurse specialists along with administrative support.
What does the Service offer
- Support and advice to the patient following a diagnosis of heart failure
- Education about heart failure and self-management of the condition
- Medication concordance education
- Working alongside medical staff to ensure treatment is optimised and symptoms are controlled
- Close monitoring of haemodynamic status and early detection of deterioration of condition
- Working with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure effective management of this chronic disease patient group
- Adherence to evidence-based best practice guidelines in accordance with NICE, SIGN and the NSF
How is the Service delivered
- The cardiac nurse specialists provide a link between secondary care and primary healthcare teams e.g. GP’s, practice nurses, community matrons, district nurses, intermediate care team and social services
- Patients who have been accepted by the service will receive visits either in the patient’s home or at a local health clinic and be given access to a telephone advice line
Referral Criteria
Referrals will be accepted for patients with a confirmed diagnosis of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD) who are/have in addition:
- Complex/unstable presentation
- NYHA II-IV
- Palliative care requirements/symptom control
- Compliance/concordance issues
- Diuretic resistance
- Post device therapy
- Complex titration requirements in the presence of polypharmacy
- Vulnerable or ‘hard to reach’ (e.g. access/language difficulties)
- Assistance needed with self management
Exclusion criteria
- Patients with end stage terminal illness other than heart failure
- Severe uncontrolled mental illness
- Unwilling to accept treatment
- HF with preserved ejection fraction
Referrals will be accepted from:
- The rapid access heart failure service at LTHT
- Cardiology wards/Cardiac Liaison team - LTHT
- Outlying acute trusts/Heart Failure Specialist Nurses (e.g. Bradford, Harrogate etc)
- GPs
- Other HCPs (e.g. community matrons)
- Self referral from previous patients
- Primary Care Access Line (PCAL) for IV diuretic service only
Discharge Criteria
Patients are discharged to primary care with a management plan when:
- NYHA 1
- Stable NYHA II-III
- Able to self manage symptoms
- Unwilling to participate in any aspect of management plan
Patients who may require input from the Leeds Integrated Heart Failure Service will be referred back or advice will be sought by telephone.
How to Refer to the Service
GP’s and other health professionals such as practice nurse, community matrons and district nurses may refer suitable patients.
The referral form should be completed and faxed to the Community Cardiac Team on (0113) 843 4201. To discuss a referral or any aspect of the service, please telephone our central referral point on Tel: (0113) 843 4200
Key Dates
Published: 15-Mar-2013, by Leeds
Valid until: 01-Oct-2016
References
This is a list of all the references that have passed critical appraisal for use in the care map Heart failure
ID Reference
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2 Clinical Knowledge Summaries. Heart failure - chronic. Version 1.0. Newcastle upon Tyne: CKS; 2009.
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