Heart Failure

4. Lowers BP and HR, ending in -dipine, -amil, and -zem
5. Commonly used for chest pain but can also lower BP
6. Diet that facilitates loss of fluid
8. Major cause of left-sided HF
11. Poor sleep quality can cause right-sided HF
12. HOB position that facilitates breathing
14. This lab value indicates bulging ventricles
15. Drug that has a high risk for toxicity
19. The first choice drug for WORSENING HF
21. Drug that wastes potassium, causing EKG changes
24. The patient should change positions slowly due to this
25. Normal lab value is 3.5-5
27. The amount of blood being pumped by the left ventricle
28. System facilitated by kidneys to add sodium and water, and lose potassium
30. An indent left in the skin due to swelling

1. Indicates worsening left-sided HF
2. Where excess fluid goes with left-sided HF
3. Also called S3, this can be heard with left-sided HF
7. Medications that aren't allowed
9. The first choice drug for HF, ending in -pril
10. Where excess fluid goes with right-sided HF
13. Drug that lowers BP and HR, ending in -lol
16. Food group that causes increased potassium levels
17. Allows the provider to track fluid gain or loss
18. Enlarged neck veins found in right-sided HF
20. Potassium-sparing diuretic
22. Organs that raise the blood pressure and heart rate when the heart is failing to pump correctly
23. Shortness of breath due to left-sided HF
26. Lung sounds heard with left-sided HF
29. Enlarged belly found in right-sided HF