Outpatient Monitoring and Self-Care
Abstract
The importance of outpatient monitoring and self-care has become increasingly evident over the past decade. Large amounts of research and resources have been allocated to facilitating more appropriate, timely, and comprehensive care of adults living with heart failure. Furthermore, education of patients regarding the importance of self-care continues to be a major area of interest. The optimal care of heart failure patients in the present era is very complex, which requires a multidisciplinary approach that leverages multiple modalities. There are past and ongoing learning from adults with heart failure that can be applied to pediatric patients. However, novel approaches to infants, children, adolescents, and their families will need to be developed that take into account the unique needs of the pediatric heart failure population. This is an exciting time in the outpatient care of children and adults given the almost daily development of new technologies that can facilitate bidirectional communication between patients/families and providers providing both subjective and objective data that can enhance care delivery well beyond our current practice.
Publication Title
Heart Failure in the Child and Young Adult from Bench to Bedside
Recommended Citation
Mathew, J., Lail, J., Chang, A., & Jefferies, J. (2017). Outpatient Monitoring and Self-Care. Heart Failure in the Child and Young Adult from Bench to Bedside, 755-772. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-802393-8.00058-2
