Pediatric Heart Failure
My facility is working to come up with a definition for heart failure, specifically in our congenital heart program. I have the ACDIS paper from 2019 and the 2024 AHA Scientific Statement as references.
Would any of my fellow peds cardiac CDI have a clinical definitions policy in place that you are willing to share? My providers are documenting "heart failure due to CHD" or over-circulation only.
Thanks!
Sally Hellmers
Children's of Alabama
Comments
Hi - we struggle with getting consistent responses from our pediatric cardiology team as well, but try to use the following from UpToDate to guide our query practice, with "acute" vs "chronic" being influenced by new symptoms and escalation of treatment over baseline: Heart failure in children: Etiology, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis - UpToDate