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Heart Failure Jeopardy
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Drugs Self-Care PatientEval
VolumeMgt
Misc
Three evidence-based beta-adrenergic blockers used to treat
systolic heart failure
Mechanism of action of ACE-inhibitors
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Medication used in systolic heart failure that decreases morbidity, not mortality (and often added in after
use of ACE-inhibitor & beta-blocker
The only major class of drug for which the dose is increased, rather than decreased, in chronic kidney
disease
Adherence rate with standard heart failure medications that is
associated with better survival
Percentage of sodium in daily diet that comes from adding salt to food
The PHQ-2
The BMI associated with best survival in heart failure patients
Sodium restriction advised by AHA and IOM for all Americans
The definition of cardiac cachexia
AGE + BUN =
Drug with the shortest half-life: bumetanide, furosemide, torsemide
Fluid restriction for mild to moderate heart failure
Weight increases by this # of pounds for each quart of extra fluid
in the circulation
This body position affects neurohormonal activation in heart
failure and can decrease natriuresis by 30-50%
Stage A Heart Failure
New York Heart Association Class III Heart Failure
The single most useful diagnostic test in the evaluation
ofpatients with heart failure
Peptide secreted by the ventricles of the heart in response to excessive
stretching of heart muscle cells
Three indicators for potential referral for heart failure advanced
therapies
Dosing of IV loop diuretic in the urgent/emergent care setting
Percentage of heart failure patients in hospice programs
Most recent published overall U.S. 30-day HF rehospitalization rate
Indication for an Internal Cardioverter Defibrillator in a patient
with heart failure
50% of patients diagnosed with heart failure will die in how many
years?
FINAL JEOPARDY