Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) | Quick Medical Definition

What is Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)? This video covers the medical definition and provides a brief overview of this topic.
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➡️ Congestive Heart Failure Definition
As we mentioned, CHF is a progressive chronic condition that impacts the ability of the heart muscle to pump blood throughout the body. It's often caused by hypertension, coronary artery disease, or other valve conditions of the heart. When the ventricles are unable to pump blood effectively, blood and other fluids begin to accumulate in the heart first, and then in the lungs, abdomen, and other parts of the body. This explains why fluid overload is one of the primary signs of CHF. When fluid begins to accumulate in the lungs, this is known as pulmonary edema and it leads to several different breathing and respiratory issues.

➡️ Signs and Symptoms of CHF:
- Hypoxemia
- Dyspnea
- Tachypnea
- Orthopnea
- Diaphoresis
- Cyanosis
- Peripheral edema
- Jugular venous distention

➡️ Diagnostic Tests for CHF:
- Chest x-ray
- Electrocardiogram
- Echocardiogram
- Arterial Blood Gas
- Complete Blood Count
- Hemodynamic Monitoring
- Cardiac enzyme analysis

➡️ CHF Treatment
The treatment methods for CHF will vary from patient to patient depending on the severity of their signs and symptoms. As a Respiratory Therapist, one thing that you may notice is severe hypoxemia which can be treated with oxygen therapy. For example, the patient may require 100% oxygen immediately which can be delivered via a nonrebreathing mask. Diuretic agents would be recommended to treat fluid overload.

➡️ Medications for CHF:
- Preload reducers
- Afterload reducers
- Positive inotropic agents
- Analgesic medications
- ACE inhibitors
- Beta-blockers

Noninvasive ventilation may be indicated to support the patient's breathing and help with oxygenation and/or ventilation. If BiPAP is administered and the patient continues to deteriorate, intubation and mechanical ventilation would be indicated. Again, we created this quick video just to give you a brief overview of this topic. We'll be breaking it down into much more detail in a separate video.

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⏰TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:21 - Congestive Heart Failure Definition
0:58 - Signs and Symptoms of CHF
1:17 - Diagnostic Tests for CHF
1:32 - CHF Treatment
1:58 - Medications for CHF

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