Heart failure
Topic: Medical-surgical
The heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. Left-sided failure causes pulmonary congestion (dyspnea, orthopnea, crackles); right-sided failure causes systemic congestion (peripheral edema, jugular venous distension, hepatomegaly). Weigh the client daily under the same conditions, report a gain of more than 1 kg in a day or 2 kg in a week, and teach sodium restriction, fluid restriction when prescribed, and medication adherence.
- Also known as:
- HF, Congestive heart failure, CHF
- In Turkish:
- Kalp yetmezliği
What does Heart failure mean?
Heart failure is part of the Medical-surgical topic in nursing. Students meet it in class, on clinical placements and while preparing for exams.
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