Heart Failure

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Across
  1. 4. Lowers BP and HR, ending in -dipine, -amil, and -zem
  2. 5. Commonly used for chest pain but can also lower BP
  3. 6. Diet that facilitates loss of fluid
  4. 8. Major cause of left-sided HF
  5. 11. Poor sleep quality can cause right-sided HF
  6. 12. HOB position that facilitates breathing
  7. 14. This lab value indicates bulging ventricles
  8. 15. Drug that has a high risk for toxicity
  9. 19. The first choice drug for WORSENING HF
  10. 21. Drug that wastes potassium, causing EKG changes
  11. 24. The patient should change positions slowly due to this
  12. 25. Normal lab value is 3.5-5
  13. 27. The amount of blood being pumped by the left ventricle
  14. 28. System facilitated by kidneys to add sodium and water, and lose potassium
  15. 30. An indent left in the skin due to swelling
Down
  1. 1. Indicates worsening left-sided HF
  2. 2. Where excess fluid goes with left-sided HF
  3. 3. Also called S3, this can be heard with left-sided HF
  4. 7. Medications that aren't allowed
  5. 9. The first choice drug for HF, ending in -pril
  6. 10. Where excess fluid goes with right-sided HF
  7. 13. Drug that lowers BP and HR, ending in -lol
  8. 16. Food group that causes increased potassium levels
  9. 17. Allows the provider to track fluid gain or loss
  10. 18. Enlarged neck veins found in right-sided HF
  11. 20. Potassium-sparing diuretic
  12. 22. Organs that raise the blood pressure and heart rate when the heart is failing to pump correctly
  13. 23. Shortness of breath due to left-sided HF
  14. 26. Lung sounds heard with left-sided HF
  15. 29. Enlarged belly found in right-sided HF