Latest NICE guidance
Acute heart failure
New guidance on acute heart failure has been published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
The new clinical guideline (CG187) covers the diagnosis and management of acute heart failure in adults that are not addressed by the NICE guideline on chronic heart failure (CG108).
It recommends all hospitals admitting people with suspected acute heart failure should provide a specialist heart failure team based on a cardiology ward and provides outreach services.
It includes the following key clinical areas:
the role of early natriuretic peptide testing and echocardiography
the ro
