Congestive Heart Failure Case Study Examples

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Congestive Heart Failure
Over 670,000 people a year are informed that they have congestive heart failure, also known as CHF. At first it may be pretty scary too hear these words, so let me explain a little bit about CHF. Congestive heart failure does not mean that the heart has failed to work, it simply has started pumping weaker than normal. There are a large number of signs & symptoms including: congested lungs, edema, irregular heartbeats, dizziness, and fatigue. Numerous things can cause CHF like coronary artery disease, a heart attack, hypertension, and diabetes. In this paper I will give a case scenario about a patient I cared for, a thorough assessment, and come up with two nursing diagnosis that apply to this patient. Taking the diagnosis into account I will create two goals and two interventions for each goal.
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He also has history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, muscle weakness, type 2 diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, hyperlipidemia, and dementia. He has been a widow for 5yrs now and has one daughter. He currently takes 10 different scheduled medications. These include: Augmentin, Lasix, Aricept, Aspirin, Potassium, Aldactone, Zoloft, Prednisone, Flonase and Seroquel. My patient was diagnosed with congestive heart failure by labs and diagnostic procedures. Lab results: White count 3.7, hemoglobin 11.3, platelet cunt 164, Sodium 140, potassium 3.9, chloride 95, bicarb 28, BUN 19, creatine 0.9, glucose 108. Chest x-ray showed accumulation of fluid around heart and lungs. He also had an electrocardiogram and a cardiac catheterization done to rule that coronary artery disease was the cause of his

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