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What should a nurse caring for a CHF patient on captopril assess for?
Captopril is an ACE inhibitor, a anti-hypertensive used to treat CHF
Nurse should assess for cough, hyperkalemia, hypotension, headaches
Transposition of the great arteries means the ____ and the ____ artery are swapped so
aorta leaves ____ ventricle taking ___ blood to body while pulm artery leaves ___
ventricle taking ____ blood to lungs. Requires surgical correction in the first ____ of life.
____ ____ and ductus arteriosus keep the baby alive until correction can be made, b/c
they allow for blood to mix across the atria.
Transposition of the great arteries means the Aorta and the Pulmonary artery are
swapped so aorta leaves RV taking blue blood to body while pulm artery leaves LV taking
red blood to lungs. Requires surgical correction in the first week of life. Foramen ovale
and ductus arteriosus keep the baby alive until correction can be made, b/c they allow for
blood to mix across the atria.
T/F: Transposition of the great vessels CANNOT be in conjunction w/ another defect i.e.
ASD, VSD, PDA
Transposition of the great vessels is when the systemic and pulmonary systems don't
communicate; must be in conjunction w/ another defect i.e. ASD, VSD, PDA so the blood
can be oxygenated to enter systemic circulation.
, Transposition of the great vessels signs/symptoms
CHF, severe central and peripheral cyanosis. Life-threatening
Acquired heart diseases include those originating from which 4 conditions?
bacterial endocarditis, rheumatic fever, Kawasaki's disease and congestive heart failure
Bacterial endocarditis is a ____ infection (impacts _____, endocardium) from strep, ____
or fungus requiring a high dose of ____
Bacterial endocarditis is a heart infection (valves, endocardium) from strep, staph or
fungus requiring a high dose of antibiotics
Rheumatic fever is a group ___ beta-_____ ____ infection causing inflammation/_____
of valves w/ history of ____ and s/s ______cardia, new _____, joint pain and rash
Rheumatic fever is a group A beta-hemolytic strep infection causing
inflammation/scarring of valves w/ history of URI and s/s tachycardia, new murmur, joint
pain and rash
Kawasaki's disease is an acute systemic ____ of ____ etiology w/ s/s high fever >__
days, conjunctivitis, ____ tongue, edema in ______ and lymph nodes, and cardiac
manifestations such as ______, decreased (high or left?) function, pericardial ____, and
mitral regurg and can damage the _____ around the heart in addition to the heart itself
Kawasaki's disease is an acute systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology w/ s/s high fever >5
days, conjunctivitis, strawberry tongue, edema in extremities and lymph nodes, and
cardiac manifestations such as myocarditis, decreased LV function, pericardial effusion,
and mitral regurg. Can damage heart/vessels around the heart