Dealing with Pulmonary Congestion: Reduce Hospitalization and Enhance Patient Care

In India, over 90% of patients hospitalized for heart failure (HF) experience pulmonary congestion (PC) . 1 Congestion is often the first symptom doctors notice when diagnosing this disease. Pulmonary congestion caused by acute heart failure (AHF) decompensation is a leading cause of hospitalization and readmission . 2 There is a significant burden of congestive heart failure (CHF) associated hospitalizations in the Indian population, as seen by the 37% rehospitalization rate for heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction .

3 There is no gold standard noninvasive method for evaluating congestion for this heart condition . ReDS , a novel non-invasive lung fluid monitoring system that detects pulmonary congestion, has received approval from USFDA and the Conformité Européenne (CE) to aid in the early detection of pulmonary congestion. 4   In this regard, Terumo India Skill Lab…