CHF usually coexists with other medical conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure which make the condition worse and difficult to manage.
According to various studies, the most effective management of congestive heart failure is to regularly monitor key vitals under the supervision of trained nurses.
If complications are detected and prevented in time, then further deterioration in the heart function can be reduced
STEP 1
The treating doctor does a thorough evaluation that takes place at the hospital or at the doctor’s clinic. This includes:
STEP 2
A Catex Health nurse will be in charge of daily monitoring and documentation of the patient’s history and key symptoms, like shortness of breath (inability to take a deep breath), cough or wheezing, sputum colour, swelling of feet, ankles, legs or abdomen, fatigue(difficulty in every day work), light-headedness, lethargy, confusion and many others.
STEP 3
The patient is provided a Bluetooth-enabled weighing machine, SpO2 monitor, BP monitor and/or a six-parameter full monitor, depending on the requirement.
The patient and their family are educated on the use of these devices to record readings, which then seamlessly get integrated with their cloud-based health record through their smartphone. The parameters that are recorded are:
STEP 4
The treating doctor has access to all your medical records and monitoring data on his/her mobile phone and can be contacted over a video call if needed.
There is once-a-day monitoring and automatic updating in the patient’s health record of the following.
Catex Health Nurse will call, enquire and update the Symptoms Record as per international protocols or as ordered by the doctor.
In case any problem is detected or suspected the nurse will escalate it to the treating doctor for advice.
Catex Health Nurse is available 24×7 on video call for any advice or treatment need 24/7.
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Cardiac disease, but no symptoms and no limitation in ordinary physical activity, e.g. no shortness of breath when walking, climbing stairs etc.
Mild symptoms (mild shortness of breath and/or angina) and slight limitation during ordinary activity
Marked limitation in activity due to symptoms, even during less-than-ordinary activity, e.g. walking short distances (20–100 m).
Comfortable only at rest.
Severe limitations. Symptoms experienced even while at rest. Mostly bedbound patients.
To prevent and promptly treat exacerbations or episodes of acute attack.
Halt or slowdown progression of the disease
To improve quality of life and increase lifespan
Treat and manage co-existing medical conditions, like coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc.
Reduce symptoms like breathlessness and chest pain
Reduce the need for hospitalisation
Home management of congestive heart failure has been studied quite extensively and many research papers have been written about the advantages of various methods of treating congestive heart failure while the patient is at home. It has been conclusively proved that the most effective management of congestive heart failure is to regularly monitor key vitals under the supervision of trained nurses.
A paper was published in Pubmed(US National Library of Medicine), in which a comprehensive literature search was performed on MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Library ..
The UK’s Department of Health’s Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) is the largest randomised control trial of telehealth and telecare in the world, involving 6191 patients and..
A study published in the British Medical Journal concluded that programmes for chronic heart failure that include remote monitoring have a positive effect..
Another study published by the prestigious Cochrane.org on Telemonitoring in the management of people with heart failure..