Summary
Guidelines for emergency management of acute heart failure: consensus of the Acute Heart Failure Working Group of the Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine (AHF-SEMES) in 2011
Llorens Soriano P, Miró O, Martín-Sánchez FJ, Herrero Puente P, Jacob Rodríguez J, Gil V, Perelló R, Aguirre Tejedo A
Affiliation of the authors
Servicio de Urgencias-UCE y Hospitalización a domicilio. Hospital Universitario General de Alicante. Alicante, Spain. Área de Urgencias. Hospital Clínic. Barcelona. Grupo de Investigación “Urgencias: procesos y patologías”, IDIBAPS. Barcelona, Spain. Serv
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Llorens Soriano P, Miró O, Martín-Sánchez FJ, Herrero Puente P, Jacob Rodríguez J, Gil V, et al. Guidelines for emergency management of acute heart failure: consensus of the Acute Heart Failure Working Group of the Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine (AHF-SEMES) in 2011. Emergencias. 2011;23:119-39
Summary
Emergency services play a key role in the management of various phases of acute heart
failure (AHF) because prognosis is determined by the rapid assessment of and response
to events. Many early interventions can change the course of AHF, and proper risk
classification will facilitate choice of the most appropriate treatment for a patient. The
various guidelines issued in recent years do not specify early interventions, either for
prehospital care or for application in the first 6 to 12 hours after arrival in the hospital
emergency department. The Acute Heart Failure Working Group of the Spanish Society
of Emergency Medicine (ICA-SEMES) has developed a consensus statement based on
available evidence and acquired experience. The statement summarizes practical issues
of initial assessment and choice of treatment that are important for emergency
physicians caring for patients with AHF.