Nursing care patients with heart failure in depression status
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In recent decades, heart failure has become a public health problem, and recently, depressive sintomatology has been identified in people suffering heart failure pathology. Depression compromises the patient's clinical condition and tretament, this is more significant in people with heart failure functional class III and IV, it generates a negative impact on morbidity and motality, making them increasingly susceptible to descompensation, performig activities of nursing or joint with others disciplines. The puspose of this review article is to show the impact of depression reflected in the incidence, physiological effects, signs and symptoms of depression in patients with heart failure and tools necessary that guide, improve and strengthen the nursing care plan for these patients.