Right sided heart failure happens when the right side of the heart is unable to pump an adequate amount of blood to the lungs and out of the right side of the heart. This either happens because the hearts muscles are unable to fully contract or they are inflamed not allowing an adequate amount of blood to enter them. This leads to a backup in venous blood. The venous blood puts pressure on the walls of the blood vessels (especially in the legs). This causes blood plasma to leak into the interstitial
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Writing III – Acid-Base Balance Congestive heart failure (CHF) is caused by the inability of the heart to fill correctly‚ eject blood completely‚ or a combination of the two‚ which results in a decrease in cardiac output. Chronic hypertension (CH) is a constantly elevated blood pressure. Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) causes a restriction in blood circulation due to atherosclerosis‚ fatty deposits on the inner linings of the arteries that cause a blockage of blood flow; arteriosclerosis‚ loss
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Heart Attack General Purpose : To inform Specific Purpose : To inform my audience about the three main god‚their weapon and the creatures. Central Idea : Heart attacks is the most fearful killer of million peoples around theworld. Main point :- Main point I : The prevention and control of the heart attack involves. Main Point II : People who at risk of the heart attacks. Main Point III : Symptoms of the heart attacks. Introduction Relevance • If you think that in young age you
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In congestive heart failure‚ the heart is not able to pump enough oxygen and nutrition to meet the requirements of the body and it may be chronic or acute. Heart failure is caused by many disorders that injure the heart muscles including‚ heart attack‚ cardiomyopathy‚ coronary artery disease‚ and conditions that overwork the heart‚ such as high blood pressure‚ diabetes‚ thyroid problems and kidney problems. At the point when a heart starts to fail‚ it causes additional liquid to develop in the body
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Left Sided Heart Failure When the left side of the heart is not able to pump enough blood forward the blood will back up into the lungs. This stops the rest of the body from receiving the oxygen its needs because the blood is in the lungs so tiredness and shortness of breath are very common. Right Sided Heart Failure When the right side of the heart is not able to pump efficiently. This causes blood to back up in the veins and other parts of the body causing swelling in the body including
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Study 3 – Congestive Heart Failure Patient Case Question 1. Based on the limited amount of information given above‚ do you suspect that this patient has developed left-sided CHF‚ right-sided CHF‚ or total CHF? right-sided CHF Patient Case Question 2. How did you arrive at your answer to Question 1? right-sided CHF = fluid may back up into your abdomen‚ legs and feet‚ causing swelling. Patient Case Question 3. What is a likely cause for this patient’s heart failure? Increasing age
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Chronic Heart Failure Exacerbation Preparation Questions 1. List the risk factors for chronic left-sided heart failure related to coronary artery disease. Coronary Artery disease‚ Hypertension‚ Substance abuse‚ Dysrhythmias‚ Diabetes mellitus‚ Smoking/tobacco use‚ Obesity 2. Explain the cause of the compensations for chronic heart failure. Insufficient cardiac output causes compensatory mechanisms work to improve cardiac output. They include‚ sympathetic nervous system stimulation‚ Renin=angiotensin
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Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a situation where the heart is not able to pump adequate blood to the other organs of the body. Causes of CHF are coronary artery disease‚ past myocardial infarction‚ hypertension‚ heart valve disease‚ cardiomyopathy‚ congenital heart defects‚ endocarditis and myocarditis (American heart association‚ 2013) .In the case scenario of Mr. P 76 year old man comes with the history of cardiomyopathy and CHF and in the past repeatedly admitted for the management of CHF
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Congestive heart failure is the process in which the heart becomes in-able to maintain circulation for the requirements of the body at an effective rate‚ As the heart is one of the body’s vital organs‚ it plays an important role and has some degree of compensating mechanisms to balance the body’s needs with existing disease of the heart. Eventually when the heart is no longer able to compensate heart failure occurs; congestion will then follow‚ resulting in insufficient supply of blood to the body
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Heart Failure Heart failure is an ailment where the heart is not able to pump the required amount of blood to the body. Left-sided heart failure is described as when the heart cannot pump enough oxygenated blood to the body while Right-sided heart failure is when the heart cannot fill with the appropriate amount of blood.1 One or both of these may occur with heart failure. In the United States‚ 5.8 million people have heart failure and this number is continuing to grow.1 With the number of people
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