Conditions · Cardiovascular
Heart Failure
Heart failure is the diagnosis most likely to send a patient back to the hospital — and the most preventable. Weekly weights, a careful exam, and quick adjustments at home change the trajectory.
How we care for it at home
- Daily weights and symptom tracking reviewed between visits.
- Diuretic doses adjusted in real time, not two weeks later.
- Guideline-directed medical therapy titrated to what the patient tolerates.
- Salt, fluid, and activity plans that actually fit the household.
What we watch for
- Early fluid gain — usually days before shortness of breath.
- Kidney function, potassium, and blood pressure on diuretics.
- Arrhythmias, syncope, and device function.
- Depression, which triples cardiac outcomes and rarely gets treated.
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