Impaired Quality of Life – Causes, Assessment and Management

摘要: Sometimes considered outside of the scope standard medical care, quality life is ­indirectly most important goal patient-provider encounters. Improving physical function, reducing symptom burden, improving energy levels and endurance, managing pain, helping patients return to work, decreasing depression anxiety, increasing independence are among many dimensions enhanced from care received in cardiology primary settings. Poor a frequent concern with chest pain normal coronary arteries or no obstructive artery disease (CAD), evidence that this population may endure greater impairment relative even those CAD. In light bidirectional relationships between functional status, mental health, these patients, providers feel underequipped address enmeshed treatment goals. Therefore, providing physicians practical guide understanding, measuring, factors CAD an objective potential utility clinical significance. This chapter presents illustrated roadmap assessing maximizing outcomes arteries, particular emphasis on methods suited time-limited context consistent recommended guidelines for