Right vs Left
This side of heart failure causes pulmonary congestion, crackles, and dyspnea.
What is Left-Sided heart failure ?
Two major risk factors for thrombosis include immobility and this inherited blood condition.
What is a clotting disorder ?
Intermittent claudication is a hallmark sign of this vascular condition.
What is PAD (Peripheral Arterial Disease)?
Pink, frothy sputum and sudden severe dyspnea point to this emergency condition.
What is acute pulmonary edema (acute HF)?
The nurse tells the patient to call the provider if they gain this many pounds in 1 day.
What is 2–3 pounds?
This side of heart failure leads to peripheral edema, JVD, and ascites
What is Right-sided heart failure ?
The Virchow’s Triad includes stasis, endothelial injury, and this component.
What is hypercoagulability?
Warm, brownish skin discoloration and edema are associated with this condition.
What is PVD (Peripheral Venous Disease)?
Daily weight monitoring is most important in this long-term form of HF.
What is chronic heart failure?
HF patients should limit sodium intake to this amount per day.
What is less than 2 grams?
Orthopnea and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (PND) occur because fluid backs up in these structures.
What are the lungs?
A patient with HF is at risk for thrombosis due to this slow-moving blood phenomenon.
What is Venous Stasis?
Cold, pale extremities and diminished pulses suggest this disease.
What is PAD?
This diagnostic biomarker rises significantly in both acute and chronic HF.
What is BNP or NT-proBNP?
This common class of medications, often used for pain, should be avoided because they cause fluid retention and worsen HF.
What are NSAIDs?
Hepatomegaly and RUQ pain are most commonly associated with failure of this side of the heart.
What is Right-sided heart failure?
A major symptom of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in one leg is this painful finding.
What is unilateral leg swelling and tenderness?
This leg position relieves pain in PAD but worsens symptoms of PVD.
What is dangling the legs (dependent position)?
This classification system is used to assess chronic HF by activity tolerance.
What is the NYHA classification?
HF patients should weigh themselves at this same time every day.
What is in the morning before eating?
This condition, often caused by untreated left-sided HF, results in right-sided HF due to increased pulmonary pressures.
What is Cor Pulmonale?
A life-threatening complication of thrombosis occurs when a clot travels to this organ.
What is the lungs (pulmonary embolism)?
In this vascular disorder, ulcers typically appear on the medial ankle and are moist and shallow.
What is PVD (venous insufficiency)?
In acute decompensated heart failure, this medication is often given IV to rapidly reduce fluid overload.
What is IV furosemide (loop diuretic)?
The patient with HF should report symptoms such as worsening dyspnea, swelling, and rapid weight gain. These are referred to as ______.
What are signs of worsening heart failure/exacerbation?