Posted on July 11, 2008424. Hypertensive acute pulmonary edema therapy / Hypotensive APE therapy / Long term management of CHF
Posted on July 11, 2008423. Mechanistic strategies for managing heart failure / What proportion of patients with acute pulmonary edema have JVD? Peripheral edema? / How does CPAP, BIPAP work in APE? How does NTG help?
Posted on July 11, 2008421. Relationship between R heart failure and L heart failure / Give fluid to hypotension with increased JVD? / Systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction / NYHA heart failure classification
Posted on July 11, 2008420. Disease processes resulting in heart failure / Causes of high-output heart failure
Posted on July 11, 2008419. IVF for cardiogenic shock? / Physiologic compensatory mechanisms for declining cardiac function
Posted on July 11, 2008418. How does an arterial dilator cause an increase in cardiac output? / Who does a venodilator relieve pulmonary congestion? / Causes of decreased contractility / Pathophysiology and etiologies of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema
Posted on July 11, 2008417. Preload describes what measurable parameter? Key values for pulmonary artery occlusion pressure / 2 major components of SVR / Components of MAP
Posted on July 11, 2008416. Define heart failure / Heart failure prognosis and cause of death / Normal cardiac index & physiologic parameters determining cardiac output and CI / Describe the Frank-Starling relation