The course aims to introduce students to the concept of heart failure, disease of increased occurrence nowadays, especially in older patients. Given the aforementioned, and since older people are very often dental patients, it is useful that students learn more about heart failure in the study programme of dental medicine in order to gain competencies in the field of clinical and emergency medicine. Acute and chronic cardiac failure can result in sudden cardiac death, therefore it is desirable that students recognise patients with this diagnosis so that they can prevent an adverse event in time.
Gaining knowledge of the heart failure syndrome as one of the most important diagnostic entities in cardiology and finding out about the mechanisms for the occurrence of cardiac failure.
Acquiring knowledge of causes of heart failure and consequences of heart failure on the health of the patients. Recognition of signs and symptoms of heart failure. Defining and classifying heart failure by way of disease occurrence and severity, and thus learning about different therapeutic approaches to the entity. Acquisition of knowledge and skills for urgent procedures in acute and chronic cardiac procedures. Acquisition of basic knowledge about pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of heart failure, and knowledge of general preventive measures to prevent the occurrence of heart failure.
- Mechanisms and patterns of heart failure
- Classification of cardiac failure
- Signs and symptoms of heart failure
- Pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of cardiac failure
- Emergency procedures in acute and chronic cardiac failure
- Preventive measures to prevent the occurrence of heart failure
Required course materials:
- Smjernice o akutnom i kroničnom srčanom popuštanju Europskog kardiološkog društva, potpuni tekst, dostupno na URL: https://www.escardio.org/Guidelines/Clinical-Practice-Guidelines/Acute-and-Chronic-Heart-Failure
- Božidar Vrhovac, Branimir Jakšić, Željko Reiner, Boris Vucelić; Interna medicina, 4. izdanje; ISBN 9789531789899; 2008; Naklada Ljevak
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Identify the signs and symptoms of heart failure
2. Assess the severity and type of heart failure.
3. Determine the stages of heart failure, and the basic diagnostic procedures for determining heart failure
4. Choose basic therapeutic measures in acute heart failure in the dental office
5. Critically evaluate various therapeutic approaches and types of treatment for heart failure
6. Compare the mechanisms of heart failure and entity prevention measures
7. Arguably advise their patients on a healthy lifestyle according to the guidelines of the Cardiac Society as a prevention of heart failure
