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CHF in Children Flashcards

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CO = HR x SV

What is SV? What factors affect it?

A

SV - volume of blood pumped out of LV per contraction

Depends on:
Preload
Contractility
Afterload

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Compensatory mechanisms of heart failure

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Increased preload
Increased cardiac rate
Increased afterload
Myocardial hypertrophy and/or LR remodeling

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Physiological compensations: neurohormonal activation

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SNS
RAAS
AVP/ADH

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Hallmarks of heart failure

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Easy fatigability –> shock (extreme) –> death

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Hallmark: Easy fatigability

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Intermittency of feeding

Gets tired faster than peers or playmates

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Hallmark: Shock

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Altered sensorium (irritability due to insufficient oxygen supply to the brain)

Decreased urine output
Tachycardia
Cold extremities
Hypotension

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