Heart Failure Essentials for Advanced Practice Providers-Patient Volume Management Strategy

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In this video, Michelle discusses strategies for managing patient volume in heart failure. She explains how heart failure starts with risk factors and injury to the heart muscle, leading to symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue, and GI symptoms. Michelle emphasizes the importance of monitoring volume status through physical exams, lab tests, and remote monitoring devices. She goes into detail about different types of diuretics and their mechanisms of action in the kidneys. Michelle also highlights remote monitoring devices like implantable devices, HeartLogic, REDS, and CardiOMS, which can provide early detection of worsening heart failure symptoms. She concludes by mentioning clinical trials and providing references for further reading.

Keywords

heart failure

symptoms

remote monitoring devices

diuretics

clinical trials