Patients with Congestive Heart Failure are at the risk of recurrent exacerbations and complications. Hence, they must be proactive in their disease management. Comprehensive treatment and lifestyle changes play an important role in early recovery, allowing patients to regain independence and normalcy.
Patients who have had Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) or Valvular heart disease are at the risk of recurrent exacerbations and complications and should undergo long term treatments. For better recovery, they also need a supervised rehab program.
Our plan for Congestive Heart Failure involves
- Providing cardiac rehabilitation according to patient tolerance levels
- Daily monitoring and maintaining normal body weight
- Assessing and managing associated comorbidities
- Assistance in lifestyle modification
- Administering medications exactly as directed by the physician
- Importance of following a low Sodium & healthy heart diet
- Importance of avoiding excess fluid intake, managing intake and output
- Importance of avoiding alcohol for disease management
- Educate about the warning signs of heart failure
- Help to keep up with doctor’s follow-up appointments
Our plan for Post-Cardiac Rehab involves
Short term goals
- Pain management
- Wound healing
- Medication management
- Prevention of fatigue
- Improvement in lung expansion
- Identification of early signs of infection
Long term goals
- Prevention of adverse conditions like DVT and other complications
- Prevention and early identification of complications from anticoagulant therapy
- Better control of co-morbid condition like Diabetes, Hypertension, High cholesterol
- Educating the importance of regular follow-up care
- Family education and counselling – lifestyle modification, nutritional care, heart care