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Right Ventricular Failure

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Causes: peripheral edema, volume overload, LV failure, PA HTN, mitral stenosis, blocked vena cava.

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diastolic heart failure

Front

the inability of the heart to pump sufficiently because of an alteration in the ability of the heart to fill. Due to resistance to filling of the ventricle.

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signs of lymphedema

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slow onset, progressive, pitting in early stages, starts distally, squaring of toes(stemmer's sign is positive), buffalo hump on dorm of foot, loss of ankle contour, asymmetric if bilateral. CELLULITIS. rarely painful.

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treatment of lymphedema

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complete decongestive therapy, pneumatic compression pump, surgery, compression garments, medications.

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Zone of Apposition

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area of attachment between the diaphragm and the ribcage. Left side tends to have worse ZOP due to heart taking up space.

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Left Ventricular Heart Failure

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Causes: CAD, HTN, aortic valve stenosis, cardiomyopathy, congenital defects. Signs: SOB, dyspnea, orthopnea, tachycardia, early fatigue, wheezing, cough, cyanosis, pulmonary edema.

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Lymphedema Stages

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stage 0- swelling not evident but some report heaviness Stage 1 - Reversible Stage 2- Spontaneously irreversible, protein rich fluid, fibrotic tissue. Stage 3- Lymphostatic Elephantiasis. protein rich fluid, connective and scar tissue, hardening of dermal tissues, papillomatosis.

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systolic heart failure

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inability of the heart to pump sufficiently because of an alteration in the ability of the heart to contract.

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