Congestive Heart Failure

Congestive Heart Failure

1. HEALTH HISTORY

   • CAD (Riley, 2014)
   • HTN (Riley, 2014)
   • valve disease (Riley, 2014)
   • dysrthymias (Riley, 2014)
   • diabetes (Lewis et al., 2014)
   • heart attack (Riley, 2014)

2. TYPES

   • Left-sided (Copstead & Banasik, 2013)
     • dyspnea(Copstead & Banasik, 2013)
     • orthopnea (Copstead & Banasik, 2013)
     • dry, hacking cough (Lewis et al., 2014)
     • paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (Lewis et al., 2014)
     • cyanosis (Copstead & Banasik, 2013)
     • basilar crackles (Copstead & Banasik, 2013)
   • Right-sided (Copstead & Banasik, 2013)
     • hepatomegaly (Copstead & Banasik, 2013)
     • ascites (Copstead & Banasik, 2013)
     • splenomegaly (Copstead & Banasik, 2013)
     • anorexia (Copstead & Banasik, 2013)
     • peripheral edema (Lewis et al., 2014)
     • jugular vein distention (Copstead & Banasik, 2013)

3. DIAGNOSTICS

   • ECG (Riley, 2014)
   • chest x-ray (Riley, 2014)
   • echocardiography (Riley, 2014)
   • cardiac catheterisation (Riley, 2014)
   • blood tests (Riley, 2014)
   • history, physical examination (Riley, 2014)

4. ·

   • Drug therapy
     • diuretics (Riley, 2014)
     • ACE inhibitors (Godden &, Waite,, 2014)
     • beta-blockers (Godden & Waite, 2014)
     • vasodilators (Riley, 2014)
     • inotropes (Riley, 2014)
     • anticoagulants (Godden & Waite, 2014)
   • DASH diet (Salehi-Abargouei et al., 2013)
   • prescribed aerobic exercise (Van Craenenbroeck, 2017)
   • rest (Lewis et al., 2014)
   • weight/symptom monitoring (Rasmusson et al., 2015)
   • alcohol/smoking cessation (Rasmusson et al., 2015)
   • flu/pneumococcal vaccinations (Rasmusson et al., 2015)
   • prescribed fluid restriction (Lewis et al., 2014)

5. NURSING ACTIONS

   • assess/alleviate symptoms (Kavalieratos et al., 2017)
   • assess/improve QOL of patient/family/caregiver (Kavalieratos et al., 2017)
   • coordinate w/ patient's care team (Kavalieratos et al., 2017)
   • assist w/ medical decision-making, advance care planning (Kavalieratos et al., 2017)
   • health promotion/patient teaching (Lewis et al., 2014)

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