Heart Failure Jeopardy

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Drugs Self-Care PatientEval

VolumeMgt

Misc

Three evidence-based beta-adrenergic blockers used to treat

systolic heart failure

Mechanism of action of ACE-inhibitors

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Medication used in systolic heart failure that decreases morbidity, not mortality (and often added in after

use of ACE-inhibitor & beta-blocker

The only major class of drug for which the dose is increased, rather than decreased, in chronic kidney

disease

Adherence rate with standard heart failure medications that is

associated with better survival

Percentage of sodium in daily diet that comes from adding salt to food

The PHQ-2

The BMI associated with best survival in heart failure patients

Sodium restriction advised by AHA and IOM for all Americans

The definition of cardiac cachexia

AGE + BUN =

Drug with the shortest half-life: bumetanide, furosemide, torsemide

Fluid restriction for mild to moderate heart failure

Weight increases by this # of pounds for each quart of extra fluid

in the circulation

This body position affects neurohormonal activation in heart

failure and can decrease natriuresis by 30-50%

Stage A Heart Failure

New York Heart Association Class III Heart Failure

The single most useful diagnostic test in the evaluation

ofpatients with heart failure

Peptide secreted by the ventricles of the heart in response to excessive

stretching of heart muscle cells

Three indicators for potential referral for heart failure advanced

therapies

Dosing of IV loop diuretic in the urgent/emergent care setting

Percentage of heart failure patients in hospice programs

Most recent published overall U.S. 30-day HF rehospitalization rate

Indication for an Internal Cardioverter Defibrillator in a patient

with heart failure

50% of patients diagnosed with heart failure will die in how many

years?

FINAL JEOPARDY