Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a common clinical problem and in its advanced stage has a poor prognosis. Approximately 400 000 individuals develop heart failure each year (Parmley 1989). CHF can be caused by coronary artery disease such as myocardial infarction, ischemia and hypertension. ...
If blood pressure is not controlled, it can lead to stroke, congestive heart failure, myocardial in farction, dissecting or rupture of an aortic aneurysm, and renal failure. The following arecommon nursing problemsandcorresponding nursing measurementsaccompanying patients with hypertention. Cardiac ...
Major goals for patients with heart failure include promoting physical activity, reducing fatigue, alleviating symptoms offluid overload, managing anxiety, fostering patient empowerment in decision-making, and providing comprehensive health education to the patient and their family. Goals and expected outcom...
Summaries of nursing care-related systematic reviews from the Cochrane library: beta-blockers for congestive heart failure in children... Gonzalez,Gil,T - 《Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing》 被引量: 0发表: 2011年 Continuous infusion versus bolus injection of loop diuretics in congestive heart fai...
Assessment of left ventricular function may be required to differentiate from or quantify the contribution of congestive heart failure to the overall clinical picture. This assessment can be achieved via invasive methods, such as pulmonary artery catheter measurements, or non-invasively, such as cardiac...
Home Health Care Nursing Application of the Transtheoretical Model of Change to Patients with Congestive Heart Failure: A Case Study 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 23 作者: WM Freysteinson 摘要: The World Health Organization defines CHF as a global burden. In the United States, many ...
Heart failure (HF) is a chronic debilitating illness that affects millions of Americans each year. Patients with HF are faced with chronic physical symptoms, emotional strain, and significant socioeconomic burden. Goals in the management of HF are to slow the disease progression, decrease symptom ...
Therapy for congestive heart failure.Heart failure in RHD probably is related in part to the severe insufficiency of the mitral and aortic valves and in part to pancarditis; therapy traditionally has consisted of an inotropic agent (digitalis) in combination withdiuretics(furosemide,spironolactone) an...
Nursing home residents with pneumonia often present with "failure-to-thrive," deterioration in functional status, or exacerbation of an underlying disease, such as congestive heart failure. Several studies have also emphasized the presence of tachypnea (respiratory rate > 25 breaths per minute) as ...
I had a congestive heart failure patient with long hair and a big beard. Unfortunately, he had lice, and treatment was ineffective because he had so much hair. He said his beard was part of his image and he couldn’t imagine himself without it, but he eventually allowed me to give him...