Midterm Exam: NR507 / NR 507 (Latest Update 2024 / 2025) Advanced Pathophysiology | Review Questions & Answers| 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain
Question:
What does fluid in the pulmonary tissue result in
Answer:
the areas are flooded and results in pulmonary edema and dyspnea
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,Question:
right sided heart failure
Answer:
inability of the right ventricle to provide adequate blood flow into the
pulmonary circulation
Question:
Causes of right sided heart failure
Answer:
- pulmonary disease
- pulmonary hypertension
- RV MI
- RV Hypertrophy
- pulmonary SLV or tricuspid valve damage
- secondary to left heart failure
Question:
What is the most common cause of right sided heart failure
Answer:
pulmonary hypertension
,Question:
Progression of right sided heart failure
Answer:
- damage causes the right ventricle to increase contraction force to
eject/unload the blood
- over time EF is reduced and right ventricle us unable to eject the normal
amount of blood
- the blood remaining in the RV increases and RA preload increases until the
RA is unable to eject the normal amount of blood into the RA
- the amount of blood remaining in the right atrium increases causing an
increase in RA preload
- blood volum enad pressure then backs up into the vena cava and systemic
veins
Question:
signs and symptoms of right sided heart failure
Answer:
jugular vein distension
hepatosplenomegaly
peripheral edema
, Question:
Why does hepatosplenomegaly develop in right sided heart failure
Answer:
the large volume of blood flow through the liver and spleen causes these areas
to be engorged
Question:
why does peripheral edema occur in right sided heart failure
Answer:
Increased pressure forces fluid from the systemic capillaries into the
peripheral tissues and flood those areas
Question:
High output failure
Answer:
inability of the heart to pump sufficient amounts of blood to meet the
circulatory needs of the body despite normal blood volume and cardiac
contractility
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