How should a patient with left-sided heart failure be positioned in a reclining chair or bed for treatment? (Prone, Supine, Sims', Right Lateral Recumbent, Left Lateral Recumbent, Fowler's, Semi-Fowlers, or Trendelenburg.)
Best Position for left-sided heart failure is Semi-Fowlers position Because it reduces venous return and decreases cardiac overload(LV overload).
Heart failure patients usually suffer from pulmonary edema, which causes breathing difficulty, in this state Semi-Fowlers position gives them comfort.
How should a patient with left-sided heart failure be positioned in a reclining chair or bed...
Can you explain the characteristics/differences between left-sided heart failure and right-sided heart failure. How do these conditions affect efficient oxygenation? Condition Characteristics Effects on oxygenation Right sided heart failure Left sided heart failure Please Please explain the following impaired valvular functions: stenosis and regurgitation. How is oxygenation affected? Condition Characteristics Effect on oxygenation Stenosis Regurgitation
Condition Characteristics Effects on oxygenation Right sided heart failure Left sided heart failure Can you explain the following impaired valvular functions: stenosis and regurgitation. How is oxygenation affected? Condition Characteristics Effect on oxygenation Stenosis Regurgitation
Briefly describe heart failure in general, and compare and contrast right and left-sided heart failure.
Explain the pathophysiology between left and right sided heart failure.
A patient with chronic heart failure has symptoms indicating that both the left and right ventricles have impaired emptying and forward flow is decreased. Explain what symptoms would manifest in this patient and why.
1. Explain, in detail, all of the following for Congestive Heart Failure (CHF). A. Right-Sided CHF 1. What are some of the causes? 2. Explain the disease process. 3. What are the signs and symptoms? 4. How might the body compensate for the effects caused by the disease process? B. Left-Sided CHF 1. What are some of the causes? 2. Explain the disease process. 3. What are the signs and symptoms? 4. How might the body compensate for the effects...
Mr. Lacey is a 72-year-old patient with heart failure that has been stable for the past 10 years. His signs and symptoms included: +1 bilateral lower leg swelling, visibly enlarged jugular neck veins, and crackles bilaterally in the lower lobes of his lungs. This morning he has a weight gain of 6 pounds over the last 2 days as well as increased shortness of breath. His currently prescribed drugs include captopril (Capoten) 25 mg twice a day and furosemide (Lasix)...
1. Explain, in detail, all of the following for Congestive Heart Failure (CHF). A. Right-Sided CHF 1. What are some of the causes? 2. Explain the disease process. 3. What are the signs and symptoms? 4. How might the body compensate for the effects caused by the disease process? B. Left-Sided CHF 1. What are some of the causes? 2. Explain the disease process. 3. What are the signs and symptoms? 4. How might the body compensate for the effects...
13. Which of the following medication can you give to a patient that you think is having a Myocardial Infarction? A) Digoxin B) Aspirin C) Dopamine D) Epinephrine 14. Which of the following is a sign of right sided heart failure? A) Peripheral Edema B) Hypercoagulability C) Cyanosis D) Pulmonary Congestion 15. Which of the following signs would be present in a patient with Peripheral Artery disease? A) Angina B) Chest Pain C) Yellow skin D) Intermittent Claudication 16. A...
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CASE STUDY IN CARE OF DIVERSE CLINIS HEART FAILURE SCENARIO You are the nurse working in an internal medicine office or a thing to pl ay yow patient is 70-yearold JM, a man who has been coming to the cline for several years for management or coronary artery disease and hypertension. A cardiac catheterination des a year po showed 50% tesis of the circumflex commary artery. He has had episodes of dames for the months ldema, decreased exercise tolerance,...