Cardiac failure

Question 1

Symptoms of cardiac failure in neonates and infants

Answer 1

Sweating, poor feeding due to breathlessness that ultimately leads to poor weight gain.

Question 2

Signs of cardiac failure in neonates and infants

Answer 2

Tachycardia, tachypnoea, hepatomegaly. Basal crepitations and dependant oedema are very late signs in childhood.