CHF & Shock

Question 1

What is congestive heart failure?

Answer 1

Where the right or left side is unable to maintain adequate circulation and has a pumping failure

Question 2

What are some symptoms of congestive heart failure?

Answer 2

Shortness of breath, fatigue, edema, ascites

Question 3

What is hypovolemic shock?

Answer 3

Volume loss or cardiogenic shock and unable to maintain arterial blood pressure

Question 4

What are some symptoms of hypovolemic shock?

Answer 4

Pallor, coldness, hypotension , collapsing of superficial veins, mental unclarity, decreased urine output

Question 5

What is Eisenmenger syndrome?

Answer 5

The development of pulmonary hypertension, due to a long-standing left to right shunt and ends up reversing to a right to left shunt