Clinician resources
1. Queensland Heart Failure Medication Optimisation Plan
- Description: This plan outlines the implementation of four drug classes, diuretics and highlights the importance of iron monitoring
- Access: The Queensland Heart failure medication optimisation plan (PDF, 139MB)
*NB. To use outside of Queensland Health, please register here and acknowledge the source of the plan as follows:
- Reproduced with permission from Queensland Health.
- Contact: For further enquiries please email: qldheartfailure@health.qld.gov.au
2. Heart Failure: End-Stage Management Guideline
- Description: This guideline helps healthcare teams recognise when a patient is approaching end-stage heart failure. It includes advice on promoting quality of life and managing common symptoms such as dyspnoea, oedema, pain, anxiety, depression, constipation, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, cachexia, and fatigue.
- Access: Heart Failure: End-stage management guideline (PDF, 536kB)
3. Queensland Health Cardiac and Pulmonary Telerehabilitation Guideline
- Description: A practical guide for clinicians, particularly exercise therapists, to implement virtual exercise and education programs for patients with cardiac conditions (including heart failure) and chronic pulmonary disease.
- Access: Queensland Health Cardiac and Pulmonary telerehabilitation guideline (PDF, 345kB)
4. Patient information resources
- Access: Patient and carer resources