Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Congestive Heart Failure
- inability of the heart to deliver a supply of oxygenated
blood sufficient to meet the metabolic needs
- Causes
- Right
- left-sided HF
- chronic lung disease
- Left
- ischemia
- hypertension
- cardiomyopathy
- Risk factors
- Modifiable
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Alcohol
- Smoking
- Non-modifiable
- Age: >65
- Gender: males
- Genetics
- Classification
- Signs & Symptoms
- Investigations
- Blood test
- ECG
- Echocardiogram
- Chest radiography
- BNP , Troponin
- Management
- Pharmacological
- ACE Inhibitors
- ARBs
- b-blockers
- Vasodilators
- Digoxin
- Aldosterone Antagonists
- Non-Pharmacological
- reduce salt
- stop smoking & alcohol
- Rest & Exercise
- Heart transplant
- Prognosis
- Dyspnea
- Edema
- Heart Failure
- increased hydrostatic pressure
- Pulmonary Edema
- Systemic Edema
- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
- benign overgrowth of prostate tissue pushes
against urethra & bladder, blocking flow of urine
- Clinical presentation
- Frequency, Urgency , Nocturia
- Weak stream
- Straining
- Smooth, enlarged prostate
- Anatomy
- Risk factors
- Older age
- Diabetes
- CVS disease
- Family history
- Investigations
- Urine analysis
- Ultrasound
- PSA
- Treatment
- Alpha Blockers
- 5-alpha reductase inhibitors
- Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors
- Histopathology
- Histology