Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Coronary Heart
Disease
- SYMPTOMS
- Palpatations
- Sweating
- Angina
- Heart attack
- Nausea
- Breathlessness
- Lightheadedness
- CAUSES
- Smoking
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol levels
- No exercise
- Diabetes
- Obesity
- TREATMENT
- Lifestyle changes
- Exercise and fitness
- Healthy eating
- Stop smoking
- Medicines
- Antiplatelets
- Statins
- Beta blockers
- Nitrates
- Surgery
- Coronary angioplasty
- Coronary artery bypass graft
- Heart transplant
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS
- Financial
- May need to take time off
work to recover
- Physical
- Difficulty managing diet changes
- Difficulty
maintaining a
diet
programme
- Emotional
- Anxious
- Worried
- Stessed
- Upset
- Intellectual
- Unable to
concentrate
at work/school
and learn like
others.
- Social
- Withdrawn from
family/friends
- PATIENT CENTRED APPROACH
- 6) Care
professionals try to
recognize ways in
which the patient can
be responsible for
their own healthcare
- 1) Putting the
patient at the
centre of the
care process
- 2) Involving the
patient in all
decisions regarding
treatment
- 3) Showing the
patient
compassion as
they may feel
vulnerable
- 4) Treating
the patient
with dignity
and respect
- 5) Supporting
the patient to
make health
and/or lifestyle
change
- 7) Enabling the patient to
make informed choices
and give informed
consent
- PATIENT CARE PATHWAY
- 1) CHD risk
assessment (risk
factors considered,
age, type 2
diabetes, stroke)
- 2) Screening blood
tests
- 3) Refer to
cardiac
rehabilitation
team
- 4) Treatment medication
- 5) Lifestyle advice
(smoking, exercise,
health)
- 6) Ongoing review
- 7) If
symptoms do
not improve,
assess
surgical
interventions
- 8) Agree written
care plan with
patient
- 9) Aftercare, ongoing review