NURS 3530: Caring for Adult Clients I HEART FAILURE CASE STUDY Your client‚ Mr. Black‚ is a 72-year-old man who called his TeleNurse Line from home and‚ based on the symptoms he described‚ was advised to go directly to the Emergency Department at his local hospital. His admitting diagnosis is exacerbation of heart failure (HF). His Ht is: 5’9”‚ Wt. 235 lbs. He states that his usual weight is about 220. Upon admission‚ his symptoms are: extreme shortness of breath; unable to tolerate lying
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The heart functions to take deoxygenated blood from the body and pump it to the lungs to re-oxygenate it‚ to pump it back through the body. Without this system‚ body tissues wouldn’t get oxygen and therefore not function and the person would not survive. The function of the left side of the heart is to take oxygenated blood from the lungs and pump it out to and through the rest of the body. This is the systemic circulation of the heart. With every body system there are homeostatic imbalances and
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy “Cardiomyopathy” is used to describe diseases of the heart muscle‚ in which the muscle becomes enlarged‚ thick‚ or ridged. The main types of cardiomyopathy are dilated cardiomyopathy‚ hypertrophic cardiomyopathy‚ restrictive cardiomyopathy‚ and arrythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. Of these types‚ hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the second most common form‚ although it is rare in general. HCM specifically involves the thickness of the myocardium‚ in which
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Systolic and Diastolic Heart Failure Heart failure occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood for the body due to a weakened or damaged heart. The heart’s pumping action moves oxygen-rich blood as it travels from the lungs to the left atrium‚ then on to the left ventricle‚ which pumps it to the rest of the body. The left ventricle supplies most of the heart’s pumping power‚ so it’s larger than the other chambers and essential for normal function. (American Heart Association). In left-sided
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Congested Heart Failure Education Sommer L. Kitchin NSG 4028 Concepts of Teaching & Learning May 16‚ 2015 Targeted Audience • Patients who have been diagnosed with heart failure also referred to as congested heart failure (CHF) including those newly diagnosed. • Family members to those with CHF‚ with a more stronger focus on those new to the diagnosis. • For those who do not have family members participating in the management of their care‚ but does have a strong support person and/or caregiver
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Background Heart failure (HF) is a condition in which the heart muscles lose its ability to pump sufficient blood to the body. It’s considered as one of the leading causes of death in the U.S with an estimated direct and indirect cost of $39 billion per year.1 Bioenergetics dysfunction is common in HF patients‚ which leads to energy starvation of the cardiac cells.2 Therefore‚ some medical providers encourage their patients to take ubiquinone‚ a lipid-soluble antioxidant‚ as an adjunct HF therapy
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Heart failure (HF) is a progressive disease which affects more than five million Americans (Yancy et al.‚ 2013). HF negatively impacts quality of life and it is associated with frequent hospitalizations and high mortality. Evidence-based practice guidelines aid health care professionals with treatment management and provide pathways to optimize individual patient care. The main goal of treatment is to slow the progression of the disease and control its symptoms. These pathways address all stages
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Can Heart Failure be cured? And how does it develop? Heart Failure has classified into four main stages which are stage A‚ B‚ C‚ and D. This classification system has helped us to diagnose the patients and treat them. In addition‚ the aim of the treatment of Heart Failure is to have the heart beat more efficiently so that it can pump sufficient blood to the body without damaging the heart muscle. Moreover‚ the treatments of Heart Failure depend on the patient stage and the symptoms. For example‚
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Chronic Heart Failure In 1988 Sir James Whyte Black was honored with a Nobel Prize for medicine for his efforts in the discovery of the beta blocker propanolol and the histamine receptor agonist cimetidine. Beta blockers were originally developed to treat angina pectoris but were discovered to also treat hypertension‚ tachycardia‚ an myocardial infarctions. The discovery of propanolol was said to be the greatest discovery since digitalis. The mechanism of beta blockers treating CHF is not exact
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Cardiomyopathy literally means disease of the heart muscle or the myocardium. In this disease‚ the heart loses its ability to pump blood and beat at a normal rhythm. The condition tends to start off mild and then worsens fairly quickly. In the most severe cases‚ cardiomyopathy can lead to congestive heart failure. The main types of Cardiomyopathy are: Dilated or ’enlarged’ heart‚ the most common form of Cardiomyopathy occurs when the heart muscles become weak and cannot pump blood effectively
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