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Effects of Application of a Nurse Driven Clinical Pathway Guidelines on Selected Health Outcomes in Children with Congestive Heart Failure [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2021
Pediatric heart failure (HF) is a complicated clinical illness that has several causes as well as common disease development pathways. The developing evidence clinical pathway will most certainly enhance the outcomes of children with HF in the future ...
Azza Abdalla Ghoneim, Sohair M. Waheda, Doaa, A.Zayed, Ashraf Mohamed Ayad, Amal A. Fathalla   +4 more
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Congestive heart failure as a rare cause of unilateral breast edema: A case report & review of the literature

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2018
Reported cases encountered difficulty in differentiating between inflammatory carcinoma and breast edema caused by congestive heart failure especially if the breast edema is unilateral.
Mohamed Abd El-Aziz M. Farag, Latifa Ahmad Alkandary, Maryam Ibrahim Alshatti, Maged Ali H. Shoukeer   +3 more
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Joint modeling of longitudinal change in pulse rate and survival time of heart failure patients treated at Arbaminch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia.

PLoS ONE, 2023
IntroductionHeart failure is a chronic progressive disease in which the heart muscle is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body's need. It is a severe health problem around the world with high re-hospitalization and death rates. The main aim of this
Belay Belete Anjullo, Sebisibe Kusse Kumaso, Markos Abiso Erango   +2 more
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Plasma homocysteine levels and risk of congestive heart failure or cardiomyopathy: A Mendelian randomization study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
BackgroundAlthough observational studies have demonstrated associations between elevated plasma homocysteine levels and the risk of cardiovascular diseases, controversy remains.ObjectiveThis study investigated the causal association of plasma ...
Xinyi Wang, Zhuo Chen, Wende Tian, Jie Zhang, Qiuyi Li, Jianqing Ju, Hao Xu, Keji Chen   +7 more
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Supramaximal elevation in B-type natriuretic peptide and its N-terminal fragment levels in anephric patients with heart failure: a case series

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012
Introduction Little is known about the responses of natriuretic peptides to developing congestive heart failure in ‘anephric’ end-stage kidney disease.
Ting John YC, Pussell Bruce A
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DIASTOLIC LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION AND HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION IN ELDERLY

Buletinul Academiei de Ştiinţe a Moldovei: Ştiinţe Medicale, 2022
Congestive heart failure with preserved left ventricular systolic function is termed “diastolic heart failure” and is more prevalent in the older population, may account for one half of the older population with congestive heart failure, and may be more ...
CALENICI Oleg, CARAUȘ Alexandu, MOISEEVA Anna, COCIU Maria, UNTURĂ Ludmila, CARAUȘ Mihaela   +5 more
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Advanced Congestive Heart Failure Associated With Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2015
Background . Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) is a complication of an underlying disease and not a primary illness. It is most commonly associated with sepsis, trauma, obstetrical complications, and malignancies.
Annahita Sarcon MS, MD, Xiaoli Liu MD, David Ton MD, James Haywood MD, Todd Hitchcock MD   +4 more
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Effect of Implementing an Educational program on Health Status Outcomes for Patients Congestive Heart Failure [PDF]

Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing, 2017
Background: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of implementing an educational program on health status outcome for patients congestive heart failure.
Sherin Ebrahim El-Tahry Sherin Ebrahim El-Tahry
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Current clinical applications of spectral tissue Doppler echocardiography (E/E' ratio) as a noninvasive surrogate for left ventricular diastolic pressures in the diagnosis of heart failure with preserved left ventricular systolic function

Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2007
Congestive heart failure with preserved left ventricular systolic function has emerged as a growing epidemic medical syndrome in developed countries, which is characterized by high morbidity and mortality rates.
Roux Emmanuel, Arques Stephane, Luccioni Roger   +2 more
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The Interplay between Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Congestive Heart Failure: Time to Collectively Refer to Them as Triple Overlap Syndrome?

Medicina, 2023
Background and objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are independently linked to an increase in cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Prakash Banjade, Kamal Kandel, Asmita Itani, Sampada Adhikari, Yogendra Mani Basnet, Munish Sharma, Salim Surani   +6 more
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