female patient who is suffering from congestive cardiac failure. She has past medical history of hypertension‚ chronic renal failure‚ type 2 diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidaemia. She has been admitted in hospital several times recently and she was discharged 11 days ago from emergency department. Now she is suffering from dyspnoea and she feels like she can not catch her breath due to congestion of lungs. Congestion of lungs occurred due to congestive heart failure. Her lower limbs feel like tree trunk
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Diagnosis: Heart Failure Defined: “An abnormal clinical condition involving impaired cardiac pumping that results in pathophysiologic changes in vasoconstriction and fluid retention” (Lewis‚ Heitkemper‚ Dirksen‚ O’Brien‚ Bucher‚ 2007‚ p. 821). Risk factors: Increasing age and coronary artery disease are the two main risk factors for heart failure. Heart failure may also develop by other contributing risk factors‚ such as cigarette smoking‚ diabetes‚ high cholesterol‚ obesity‚ and hypertension
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Heart Failure and Incident Late –Life Depression According to Hendrika J. Luijendijka et al. They have written an article discussing about heart failure and depression in elderly people. In the article “Heart Failure and incident late-life Depression.” The aim of this research is to determine if heart failure (HF) increases the risk of developing depression.” They have gathered five thousand and ninety-five participants with majority of elderly individuals. To specify‚ researchers collected patients’
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normal. My grandfather had recently been admitted to the Lancaster General Hospital suddenly‚ with the diagnoses of Congestive Heart Failure. He only had a few weeks to live‚ if he didn’t consent to have open heart surgery. A new heart valve was a lifeline for my Pop-pop (that’s what we call him). The blood flow weakened inside of my Pop-pop’s veins‚ and our only hope was an artificial heart valve‚ harvested from a cow. Questions and concerns would drag
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This study was conducted on patient who have chronic heart failure with this patients it is important to help them with their outlook on their health and using spirituality is the way to do that. In this article‚ they talk about Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale‚ Spiritual Self-Care Practice Scale‚ and World Health Organization- Quality of Life- BREF and how each of these things touch a different
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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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tissue-engineered heart valve that combines a patient’s cells with metal alloy for more durability and possibly less complications which should be ready for use in about 10 to 15 years. The existing valve replacements are either mechanical or bioprosthetic which have great long-term risks of blood clots‚ stroke‚ clots in the artery‚ bleeding from the medicine to prevent artery clots‚ and limited durability. The current tissue oriented valves are meant to degrade the scaffold which can cause valve failure. The
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In the United State there are a huge population of people who suffers through heart failure‚ and minimal donations for heart transplant. Due to this particular problem doctors found a small solution and created a device called LVAD [Left Ventricular Assistant Device]. LVAD benefits the heart’s function and is considered the bridge step before getting a heart transplant. It helps an individual get back to their everyday activities and extends their expectancy lifespan. Stated by the statistic of
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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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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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