1) Heart transplants are recommended to patients when severe heart failure is present or when one or both ventricles are not functioning like how they should be. In many forms of congenital heart disease‚ ventricular failure may also occur. It is more common in congenital defects with a single ventricle or when irreversible heart failure occurs from long-standing valve obstruction or even leakage. Patients who had the Fontan procedure as a child (which includes helping complex congenital heart defects)
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Heart failure is serious disease that contributes to death of heart disease. In order to accomplish this essay‚ I have used four key terms ‚which are heart failure‚ causes‚ signs‚ us adults‚ in electronic data base. Heart failure is one of most medical problem that physicians face. It is characterized as a serious problem because heart failure cannot be cured but only can be managed (1). It is also considered as one of life style disease. It has many causes that is related to patients’ life style
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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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Fatigue associated with congestive heart failure: use of Levine’s Conservation Model Karen Moore Schaefer RN DNSc‚ and Mary Jean Shober Potylycki RN BSN Reaction: Fatigue simply defined as imbalance between energy demands to supply available. It is usually perceived as a pervasive personal problem that accompanies most illnesses. Knowing this thought‚ it is very important to consider verbal and non-verbal cues that signify that the patient is experiencing fatigue. As a nurse‚ it is our role
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Student name Instructor Course Date Congestive Heart Failure Q: The credibility and reliability of peer reviewed research communications are seen as the “gold standard” within the basic and applied sciences. Why do you think the role of the editor/reviewer is so critical in ensuring such quality? A: It is supposed that peer reviewing guarantees the quality of the paper. Although the process of peer reviewing takes a lot of time‚ it provides opportunities for careful revision of the original
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TUTORIAL 5 HEART FAILURE Pathophysiology B. Left-sided HF SOB A. Right-sided HF Orthopnea Edema in the feet‚ ankles‚ legs‚ liver‚ & abdomen. If the amount of fluid is fluid accumulates in the abdomen. Fluid accumulation in the liver or stomach nausea & loss of appetite. Eventually‚ food is not absorbed well loss of weight & muscle. This condition is called Cardiac Cachexia Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea Tiredness & weakness A sudden accumulation of a high amount
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to other causes of myocardial stress‚ which included trauma‚ disease‚ or other abnormal states (e.g. ‚ pulmonary embolism‚ infection‚ anemia‚ pregnancy‚ drug use or abuse‚ fluid over load‚ arrhythmia‚ valvular heart disease‚ cardiomyopathies‚ congenital heart disease) . 4. The New York Heart Association (NYHA) developed a classification system‚ still used today to quantify the functional limitations of CHF patients. The NYHA classes are as follows: a) Class I : Degree of effort necessary to elicit
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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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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Teaching Plan By: Michele Combs‚ RN NSG 405 February 7‚ 2011 Teaching Plan for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the 4th leading cause of death in the United States and is a major cause of morbidity (CDC‚ 2011). COPD is a group of diseases which cause airflow blockage and breathing related problems such as emphysema‚ chronic bronchitis‚ and some forms of asthma (CDC‚ 2011).
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Research Analysis #1 Significance & Contribution The article by Britz & Dunn (2010)‚ Self-care and quality of life among patients with Heart failure‚ has significant implications for practice. Britz & Dunn (2010) clearly express the ominous situation between self-care deficit among heart failure patients and decreased quality of life. They report that heart failure: can be extremely costly -with repeated hospitalizations‚ claims the lives of many and patients have very poor quality of life. The problem
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