CCF Management
- People with CCF are treated with diuretics. What is the risk of diuretic treatment other than electrolyte disturbances?
- How does an ACE inhibitor benefit those with cardiac failure?
- What is the purpose of prescribing spironolactone for those with heart failure?
- A patient with CCF is treated with frusemide 80mg OD. What will you do if this patient develops hypokalemia?
- When will you initiate treatment with beta blockers when a patient has heart failure?
- What is the difference in using beta blockers for treating hypertension and for treating heart failure?
- How will you determine approximately the amount of fluids that a person with heart failure can safely drink per day?
- When a patient with CCF has metabolic acidosis, what could be the reason?
- What do you understand by the phrase "CCF secondary to pneumonia"?