Left VS Right Sided Heart Failure #heartfailure #nursingschool #nursingstudent

–Left vs. Right Sided Heart Failure–

🫁LEFT side think LUNGS
You’ll see more pulmonary symptoms in patients with left-sided HF
These include dyspnea, crackles, labored breathing, moist cough, and orthopnea

🧍RIGHT side think REST of the body
Fluid is backing up into the venous system
This will cause swelling of the extremities and pitting edema, weight gain, jugular venous distention (JVD), increased girth, and may cause weeping of the legs in those with severe pitting edema (fluid is exiting through the skin)

What is the KEY lab result we’d see as ELEVATED depending on the severity of heart failure? Do you know? Comment below!

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