Congestive Heart Failure - created from Mind Map

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Signs and Symptoms Left Sided Heart Failure • Inspection = anxiety, weakness, fatigue, cyanosis, SOB, cough, orthopnea, paroxysmal, nocturnal dyspnea, diaphoresis, weight gain • Palpation = tactile fremitus • Percussion = dullness over consolidated areas • Auscultation = tachycardia, decreased s1, s3, s4, rales, pleural effusion, wheezing breath sounds, tachypnea Right Sided Heart Failure • Inspection = weight gain, JVD, neck vein pulsation and distension, use of accessory muscles, positive hepatojugular reflux, fatigue, weakness, ankle swelling, abdominal distension (ascites) • Palpation = dependent edema, bounding pulse, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, increased anteriorposterior chest diameter • Percussion = hyper resonance with percussion • Auscultation = tachycardia, s3,s4, decreased breath sounds or tachypnea