Med Surg 120: Heart Failure Questions and Correct
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Quiz: With HF an ejection fraction would be?
Ans: low
Quiz: Ejection Fraction (EF)
Ans: percentage of blood volume in the ventricles at the end of diastole that is ejected
during systole; a measurement of contractility
Quiz: EF range
Ans: 50-75
Quiz: What lab measures the stretch of the heart?
Ans: BNP
Quiz: BNP (brain natriuretic peptide) normal range
Ans: 0-99
Quiz: In HF the BNP will be high or low?
Ans: high
Quiz: In a patient with a baseline of 300 for BNP, the patient has an acute increase of
BNP to 1000... is it possible to get the patients BNP back down to the normal range (0-99)?
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, Ans: NO silly!
-A patient with a high BNP will never go back to 0-99, BUT we will want to get them back
down to their baseline
Quiz: When should a patient notify their physician regarding weight gain?
Ans: if gained 3 lbs in 2 days or 5 lbs in one week
Quiz: Regarding HF, left forward means?
Ans: blood is sitting in the left ventricle and cannot move forward
Quiz: Regarding HF, left backwards means?
Ans: blood is sitting in the left ventricle and backs up into the lungs
Quiz: Right sided HF occurs because...
Ans: fluid just keeps backing up.. starting out with sitting in the left ventricle to backing up
into the lungs then eventually it has no where to go besides backing up to the right side of
the heart
Quiz: The most common causes of right sided HF is
Ans: left sided HF
Quiz: S/S of Left forward HF
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Quiz: With HF an ejection fraction would be?
Ans: low
Quiz: Ejection Fraction (EF)
Ans: percentage of blood volume in the ventricles at the end of diastole that is ejected
during systole; a measurement of contractility
Quiz: EF range
Ans: 50-75
Quiz: What lab measures the stretch of the heart?
Ans: BNP
Quiz: BNP (brain natriuretic peptide) normal range
Ans: 0-99
Quiz: In HF the BNP will be high or low?
Ans: high
Quiz: In a patient with a baseline of 300 for BNP, the patient has an acute increase of
BNP to 1000... is it possible to get the patients BNP back down to the normal range (0-99)?
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, Ans: NO silly!
-A patient with a high BNP will never go back to 0-99, BUT we will want to get them back
down to their baseline
Quiz: When should a patient notify their physician regarding weight gain?
Ans: if gained 3 lbs in 2 days or 5 lbs in one week
Quiz: Regarding HF, left forward means?
Ans: blood is sitting in the left ventricle and cannot move forward
Quiz: Regarding HF, left backwards means?
Ans: blood is sitting in the left ventricle and backs up into the lungs
Quiz: Right sided HF occurs because...
Ans: fluid just keeps backing up.. starting out with sitting in the left ventricle to backing up
into the lungs then eventually it has no where to go besides backing up to the right side of
the heart
Quiz: The most common causes of right sided HF is
Ans: left sided HF
Quiz: S/S of Left forward HF
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