Diastolic Heart Failure

If a patient cannot tolerate ACE inhibitors medication, vasodilators are also an option (Macon B.). Beta-Blockers can help reduce the blood pressure and slow down the rhythm of the heart (Macon, B.). Since a heart failure may cause the body to have more fluid than it should, diuretics may be used to reduce the fluid content in the

Blocking Angiotensin II prevents vasoconstriction and reduces blood pressure. Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers (ARBS) do not inhibit the production of Angiotensin II. ARBS prevent Angiotensin II from reaching its designated receptors which prevents the vasoconstriction effects of Angiotensin II. ARBS generally do not cause the cough associated with ACE inhibitors. It also has a lower risk of

When taking beta blockers they block B1 and B2 receptors therefore the effects of norepinephrine and epinephrine. By blocking these neurotransmitter effects, beta blockers reduce heart rate, decrease blood pressure, and help blood vessels open up to improve blood flow. (Ogbru & Mark, 2015) This class of medications are important because they the most commonly used medications for cardiovascular diseases. Some of the common diseases that beta blockers treat are angina, heart failure, high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, and myocardial

The nurse should monitor effectiveness after first dose. The patient should take sufficient water with dose and continue fluid intake. The patient should only take this medication after she has tried non- pharmacological techniques to inhibit a bowel movement. The patient can try exercise, increase intake of fluids and fiber.

Summary of Article 1 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is the inability of the heart to pump blood effectively throughout the body due to weakened heart muscles. Most of the aging population, regardless of the gender, often have this problem due compromised cardiopulmonary system. People who suffers from heart failure experience fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath, and general debility. This affects how an individual performs his or her daily chores.

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Heart Failure Course Components Megan Kinlaw American Public University Community Health in Nursing II I chose to give a presentation on heart failure for my teaching project, how it’s managed, and what to teach the patient in order to stay out of the hospital. Heart failure is one of the most diagnosed illnesses in the world and will often be seen throughout most nursing careers. I selected new graduate registered nurses as my target audience to improve their understanding of heart failure prior to entering the health care field. The objectives that I set for the project were for the audience to know why it is so important to understand CHF, to provide a thorough description of the illness along with each type of heart

Mrs. Smith experiences symptoms of heart failure which seems to have been caused by her hypertension, which is poorly controlled, given the blood pressure of 158/98. Her symptoms relate to a reduction of cardiac output as evidenced by fatigue and weakness, depleting her cardiac reserve, and excess fluid retention from elevated end-diastolic pressure (dyspnea, exertional dyspnea, bibasilar crackles, peripheral edema, decreased saturation). The decreased cardiac output is evidenced in a HR of 92, and is possibly related to her memory loss as well. Her symptoms seem to be manifestations of left-sided heart dysfunction, given her complaints of fatigue and weakness. (Porth, 2015).

Type 2 diabetes is an important risk factor for heart failure and is common in patients with heart failure. The objective of the study was to examine all-cause mortality in relation to weight status in patients with type 2 diabetes hospitalized for decompensated heart failure. The Worcester Heart Failure Study included adults admitted with acute heart failure to all metropolitan Worcester medical centers in 1995 and 2000. The weight status of 1644 patients with diabetes was categorized using body mass index calculated from height and weight when patients were admitted. Sixty-five percent of patients were overweight or obese and 3% were underweight.

Coronary heart disease claims number one for the cause of death among women and is known as “the silent killer.” In the United States, one in three women die from coronary heart disease, and almost two-thirds of those women die suddenly showing no symptoms at all. Heart disease also totals hundreds of billions of dollars in direct and indirect costs due to health expenditures and loss of productivity efforts. This disease occasionally connects the cardiovascular system and nervous system to alert the victim of its condition by providing physical signs to obtain immediate medical attention. Although coronary heart disease can be lethal, the diagnosis, prognosis and treatments can be handled effortlessly with little to no medications, dependent

Jessica, Thank you for choosing congestive heart failure as your topic. In reviewing your slide with management of CHF, you mention monitoring daily weights. Patients so often don’t always gather the rational to why monitoring their daily weights is critical and directly reflects CHF pathophysiology. In further examining CHF management, I came across a journal article, Patient Education in Disease and Symptom Management: Congestive Heart Failure written by Rutledge, Donaldson and Pravikoff (2001). Within the journal article, a chart on page 11-12 highlights: “Comprehensive Congestive Heart Failure Patient Education,” mentioning daily weights, with a teaching tip, providing the value of patient comprehension connection to “increased water weight and congestive heart failure”(2001).

HEART FAILURE This is also referred to as Congestive heart failure. it is a clinical syndrome which occurs when the heart is unable to pump sufficient amount of blood to meet the metabolic requirement of the tissue for oxygen. It can also result from structural cardiac abnormalities which impair the ability of the ventricle to fill or eject blood. The heart is weakened and cannot pump enough blood as strongly as before this implies that less oxygen is reaching the organs and muscles which can cause tiredness or shortness of breath. Etiology of cardiac failure: • Systemic hypertension-The most common cause in 75% of cases • Changes in the structure of the heart -changes in the valves causes volume and pressure overload • Disease conditions-valvular

In a normal heart, the right ventricle’s wall is less thick than that of the left ventricle. This is because the right ventricle pumps blood to the lungs only, whereas the left ventricle has to pump blood throughout the entire body constantly. This means the right ventricle has less work and pressure than the left

This treatment was efficient due fact that the doctor took the patient’s opinions very seriously and allowed the patient to decide if the medication was working or not. When the patient felt that after a month of taking the medication it was not working and he wanted to stop, the doctor encouraged him to stay at the current dose for at least two more weeks and see if it works. It did begin to work and the patient decided to continue

Once diagnosed with heart disease, your body may feel fatigued, you may feel like you run out of breath easily, and you may have angina or otherwise known as chest pain. If you have heart failure, water could build up in your lungs causing consistent coughing and wheezing. When your heart isn’t working correctly, it could also lead your other organs linked to the heart, to not function