In acute heart failure (AHF) syndromes significant respiratory failure (RF) is essentially seen
in patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema (ACPE) or cardiogenic shock (CS) …

Highlights What are the main findings? Cardiogenic pulmonary edema is the most common
cause of respiratory failure and results from increased cardiac filling pressure and alveolar …

Patients admitted for acute heart failure (AHF) experience high rates of in‐hospital and post‐
discharge morbidity and mortality despite current therapies. Serelaxin is recombinant human …

Especially written for qualified nurses working in intensive care units, this comprehensive
text has been developed to be as accessible as possible. This fourth edition has been …

Supplemental oxygen, a therapy that has been used for more than a century, is
recommended in all practice guidelines in the management of hypoxemic (peripheral …

Millions of patients worldwide are admitted for acute heart failure (AHF) each year and
physicians caring for these patients are confronted with the short-term challenges of …

Aims Healthcare services worldwide have been significantly impacted by the COVID‐19
pandemic. Recent reports have shown a decline in hospitalization for emergency cardiac …

Background The introduction of new biomarkers can lead to inappropriate utilization of tests
if they do not fill in existing gaps in clinical care. We aimed to define a strategy and checklist …

Soon after haemodialysis was introduced into clinical practice, a high risk of cardiac death
was noted in end-stage renal disease. However, only in the last decade has it become clear …

Aims Heart failure nurse practitioners (HF NPs) are an emerging component of the heart
failure (HF) specialist workforce but their impact in an inpatient setting is untested. The aim …