Heart failure vital signs
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My Father was admitted in to hospital last week following a chest infection which led to pneumonia and heart failure. He has been in hospital for over 10 days and is recovering well. They are due to be sending him home tomorrow, the infection has cleared and virtually all the fluid in his lungs has disappeared, apart from the left lung for which they are going to give him medication.
A heart attack can be silent, meaning there are no symptoms until death or symptoms of heart failure. Heart failure from a heart attack could indicate there had been heart muscle damage and the heart could not adequately pump a sufficient supply of blood to the system....the heart will enlarge and the enlarged heart can cause an arrhythmia and heart arrest.
i had to go to an urgent care facility because i was not feeling well. my vital signs were as follows...blood pressure - 90/41. heart rate - 96. respiratory rate - 30. O2 sat. - 100%. also,my left hand was shaking violently was about 15 seconds. the only thing that the doctor told me was the i have anxiety and i should see a psych. i do not like doctors because they do not know my body. i know that i am not anxious. can anyone here tell me why my blood pressure is low and my heart rate is high??
As usual, Drnee is right on the money. The most probable cause is dehydration, and my two cents worth is to insure you take in electrolytes, such as Gatorade, along with water. You need to have what are called "orthostatic vital signs" taken. These are easy to do and a simple search on the internet will bring you up to date. Orthostatic vital signs are useful is identifying dehydration. The higher heart rate is usually compensatory, maintaining oxygenation with a depleted blood volume.
My pulse was 115 bpm (2-3 days) sustained while I was having a heart attack (stunned heart cells) that led to congested heart failure. There may be a misunderstanding regarding heart attack and myocardial infraction. An MI damages (necrotic or stunned) heart cells and CO is reduced.. Some people classify a heart attack to be acute chest pains from ischemia.
Your symptoms will be shortness of breath, pulmonary edema (fluids in the lungs...congested heart failure), possibly chest pains. With congested heart failure, there will be a dry cough, hyperventilation, fast heart rate, etc. At this time you would be required to have emergency care to reduce the fluids in your lungs, treat any vessel occlusions, stabilize oxygen level, etc. Or with a hypertrophic heart there can be an abnormal heart rhythm.....
For instance the treadmill can measure in METs (metabolic equivalent tasks) the energy expended at a given level of exertion. At a given MET level, vital signs are monitored, heart rate, respiration, etc. For a perspective 1 MET is the amount of energy to quietly sit, 2-4 METs to walk up a flight of stairs ( 7 METs usually qualifies for surgery. Ten METs is very good condition, etc.
No need to be scared.
Those aren't the signs of ecstasy and certainly after a period of 2 months, the drug would be completely out of your system. I would go and have some blood tests to see what is going on.
There is something that happened in the hospital that they can't explain. I don't know I think maybe about 9pm. The last thing I had remembered was going to the bathroom, then the next thing I knew I was in the icu. I asked what had happened and they told me I was completely unresponsive for 45 minutes, my breathing was very shallow to the point where they thought I wasn't breathing at all. They said my breath sounds were 97% diminished.
Downregulation of neurological activity upon stimulation resulting in a permanent or temporary hypoactive system and/or addictive properties, Serotonin syndrome, Excessive acetylcholine receptor activation, Heart failure such as that from stimulants or any substance which alters heart rate and organ failure such as liver failure and kidney failure. Please consult a doctor before starting to take Nootropics. Hope this helps you. Take care and regards!
Right side heart failure is not as serious as left side heart failure. Left side heart failure signs are fluid in the lungs and abdomen. How much water weight is he putting on a day? Is it a pound? A pound is too much for a day. Most people with heart failure have to go to the hospital every now and then to get an IV of Lasix to get the water off. The question is currently how are his kidneys functioning? If his kidneys are not functioning appropriately, the fluid will not all come off.
The factors of concern apparently are did you reach the target heart rate sustained for a period of time that enabled your vital signs to be evaluated. It is difficult to answer your question because there are modifications to standard Bruce protocol.
Modified Bruce protocol starts with a speed of 1.7 mph and a gradient of 0%. Second and third stages have the same speed, but the gradient increase by 5%.
d (1998) with CHF and left ventricle hypertrophy (enlargement) your EF should have been less than 30%, not 60%, to be consistant with signs and symptoms of congested heart failure. This would be true as heart failure congestion is caused by the inability of the heart to pump with some equilbrium for the blood received from the lungs and this would cause blood to backup into the lungs and fluids would/will leak into the tissues causing congestion (pulmonary edema).
The standard ER test for dehydration is to utilize what are called orthostatic vital signs. The patient lies on his/her back for five minutes and the blood pressure is taken. The patient then stands up and within one to two minutes another reading is taken. Drop in blood pressure accompanied by a rising heart rate signified hypovolemia, which may be due to dehydration. This test is not one hundred percent accurate and is most effective when there is fluid loss over 1000 ml.
These conditions can render the sufferer unconcious, or apparently unconcious, for long periods and can be charactarized by extremely hard to detect vital signs. Breathing becomes shallow, heart rate is reduced and weak, and often a pulse/blood pressure is undetectable, though this is not a "requirement.
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