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    # 3 Heart failure Heart failure is a condition in which the heart is unable to pump an adequate amount of blood to meet the demand of the body’s metabolic needs‚ which leads to decreased cardiac output‚ increased preload and after load (Story‚ 2015). Approximately 5.7 million (2009-2012) to about 6.5 million (2011- 2014) adults are living with heart failure according to the American Heart Association’s 2017 Heart Disease and stroke Statistics Update. One in nine deaths in 2009 included heart failure

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    DQ 3 Heart failure is a condition in which the heart does not pump enough blood to meet the needs of the body’s tissues. Heart failure that develops slowly over time is usually a result of other conditions. Conditions such as high blood pressure‚ coronary artery disease‚ serve lung disease‚ diabetes‚ obesity‚ thyroid disorders‚ life style reasons‚ gender and even ethnicity. These types of conditions tend weaken and damage the heart over time Heart Failure can also occur suddenly as the result of

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    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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    Heart failure is caused by the decrease cardiac output and decrease perfusion to the vital tissues of the body. Cardiac output is depended on the stroke volume and heart rate. There are three factors that influence stroke volume‚ which are contractility‚ preload and afterload. Contractility is reduced due to Ms. Boehmer’s history of acute myocardial infarction. Acute myocardial infarction causes myocyte function disruptions. Ms. Boehmer’s history of hypertension‚ smoking‚ and coronary artery disease

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    Case studies help today’s nursing professionals acquire essential critical thinking skills for solving both common and more complex health problems. This paper discusses about two different cases- Ms. A with iron-deficiency anemia and Mr. P with congestive heart failure. Case study#1 “Anemia is a reduction in the total number of erythrocytes in the circulating blood or a decrease in the quality or quantity of hemoglobin” (McCance‚ Huether‚ 2010). Anemia results from decreased production of erythrocytes

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    CHF Congestive Heart Failure By: Navreet Kaur Malhi Institute Of Technology Congestive Heart Failure Congestive Heart Failure‚ is also known as heart failure cardiac decompensation‚ cardiac insufficiency‚ and cardiac incompetence‚ all having the same meaning; that the heart is failing. The heart has lost its pumping efficiency‚ therefore the heart is decompensating. No matter which type of heart disease a person has all heart disease require a lifelong need of management. If maintained

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    Running head: CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE Congestive Heart FailureCase Study Pathophysiology – BSRN – 420 Instructors: October 10‚ 2010 Report on Congestive Heart Failure The heart is a muscle‚ the most important one in the body. It works like a pump; it receives blood from the body and pumps the blood into the lungs‚ where it receives oxygen. This oxygen rich blood is then pumped out in to the body system to nourish the body. Congestive heart failure occurs when this pumping

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    Congestive Heart Failure Christina Cabrera Mayra Cortez Serina Markham Irina Peters Prevalence & incidence of CHF  Mortality Rate: 4.1%  5.1 million people in the US have CHF  National Cost is $32 billion each year  550‚000 are diagnosed each year. Congestive heart failure (CHF): Clinical Presentation  Also known as Heart Failure  Impaired cardiac pumping and/or filling action  Associated with  Cardiovascular diseases  Chronic hypertension  Coronary artery disease

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    Congested Heart Failure (adapted from McGraw Hill Case Studies) Chief Complaint: 74-year-old woman with shortness of breath and swelling. History: Martha Wilmington‚ a 74-year-old woman with a history of rheumatic fever while in her twenties‚ presented to her physician with complaints of increasing shortness of breath ("dyspnea") upon exertion. She also noted that the typical swelling she’s had in her ankles for years has started to get worse over the past two months‚ making it especially

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    Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) affects a more people because of the increased survival rate post heart attacks leaving the patients with residual heart problems. According to Dr. Grossman‚ "in the US: More than 3 million people have CHF‚ and more than 400‚000 new patients present yearly. Prevalence of CHF is 1-2% of the general population" (2006). In an effort to improve patient outcomes the patient education department undertook a project that included the use of common guidelines‚ Core Measures

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