Medication treatment of 150 elderly patients with serious chronic congestive heart failure / 中华全科医师杂志

ABSTRACT

We retrospectively reviewed clinical data of 150 elderly patients with serious chronic congestive heart failure who admitted in 1986, 1996 or 2006, including medication treatment, hospital stay,and admission interval. The results indicated that before 1990s, digitalis, diuretics, and blood vessel dilating agents were more often used in the treatment of chronic congestive heart failure(digitalis=100%,diuretics≥95%, blood vessel dilating agents>50%, β-blocker<10%, ACEI/ARB = 0% ). Since 1990s,the use of β-blocker, ACEI and ARB increased, which resulted in reduced hospital stay and increased admission interval(P<0.01). Our investigation suggests that evidence-based medication could be necessary in the treatment of elderly patients with chronic congestive heart failure.