NUR 105 Cardiac 1
- three different types of HF
Answer left, right, high output
- what is another name for hear failure?
Answer pump failure
- most common type of HF?
Answer left sided HF
- most heart failure begins where?
Answer In the left ventricle
- signs for left sided heart failure
Answer poor cardiac output, decrease tissue perfusion, pulmonary congestion, dyspnea, frothy sputum, fatigue, oliguria, SOB, confusion
- systolic heart failure
Answer inadequate contraction
- diastolic heart failure
Answer ventricles can't relax and fill 1 / 2
- what is normal ejection fraction>
Answer
50-70%
- what percentage is heart damage?
Answer <40%
- What causes right sided heart failure?
Answer left sided ventricular failure, right ventricle infarction, pulmonary hypertension
- right sided HF signs and symptoms
Answer jugular vein distention, dependent edema, weight gain, liver enlargement, polyuria at rest, shoes and rings tight
- high output heart failure
Answer uncommon, cardiac output is normal or above normal
- high output heart failure causes
Answer increased metabolic needs( increase 02 demands)
-less common
Answer fever, anemia, hyperthyroidism
- what would you assess in left sided HF?
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