PPT-Cardiac Causes of Shortness of Breath

Akash Srinivasan as14317icacuk Shortness of Breath Heart Failure Cardiomyopathy Constrictive pericarditis Myocarditis Shortness of Breath Poor removal of CO2 Poor delivery of oxygen. Medicine How much to take When to take it or puffs every 20 minutes for up to 1 hour Nebulizer once Medical Alert Very short of breath or Quickrelief medicines have not helped or Cannot do usual activities or Symptoms are same or get worse after 24 :. Weigh yourself in the morning before breakfast, write it down and compare to yesterday’s weight.. Take your medicine as prescribed.. Check for swelling in your feet, ankles, hands and stomach.. Shortness of Breath Shortness of breath may occur because you have difficulty getting air in and out of your lungs. Shortness of breath can also be called dyspnea, breathlessness or air hunger. EM Basic - (SOB) (This document doesn’t reflect the views or opinions of the Department of Defense, the US Army or the SAUSHEC EM residency , describe shortness of breath or breathlessness (see ATS Patient Series http://patients.thoracic.org/information- series/en/resources/ATS_Patient_Ed_Breathlessness. pdf ). Not everyone with a breathi internal medicine. Jarrod D. Frizzell, MD, MS. Sep 17, 2015. Cardiology on the medicine boards 2015. Cardiology. 14%. Hypertension. 5%. Pericardial disease. <2%. Ischemic heart disease. <2%. Dysrhythmias/conduction defects. Abdulrahman Al Frayh. Professor of Pediatrics. Consultant Pediatric Pulmonologist. King Saud University. Definition. . Shortness of breath (SOB), or dyspnea, is a feeling of difficult or labored breathing that is out of proportion to the patient’s level of physical activity.. Hong-. Phuc. Tran, M.D.. Learning Objectives. Understand . pathophysiology. of dyspnea. Learn how to evaluate dyspnea. Understand reversible causes / potential contributors of shortness of breath. Manage shortness of breath in terminally ill patients. MORNING REPORT HPI CC: 70 y/o w/ shortness of breath x ~1month 70 y/o Caucasian male with a history of HTN, HLD, DM, BPH, ED, and recently diagnosed polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia presents with shortness of breath, fatigue, and lightheadedness. Symptoms began over month ago with worsening over the past two weeks. He was treated for community acquired pneumonia about  a month ago with Azithromycin. He felt a little better while on the ABX but now feels about the same. He endorses shortness of breath, lightheadedness, substernal non-radiating chest pain associated with the shortness of breath, palpitations, feeling easily fatigued, feeling cold, and night sweats. Denies syncopal episodes, subjective fevers, easy bruising, headache, wheeze, cough, sputum production, Abd pain, N/V/Constipation, dysuria, and swelling. Be smart and safeDon146t sit all day For example If watching TV get up during every commercial or periodically laundry do the dishes or take out the garbage Feel productive after just one showStrength Husam Salah, . Harmeen. . Goraya. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Introduction. Case Presentation. Discussion. References. Tamponade a clinical syndrome that results from the accumulation of fluid in the pericardial space.. with you is important if you date Professor of Pediatrics. Consultant Pediatric Pulmonologist. King Saud University. Definition. . Shortness of breath (SOB), or dyspnea, is a feeling of difficult or labored breathing that is out of proportion to the patient’s level of physical activity.. Take your medicine as prescribed.. Check for swelling in your feet, ankles, hands and stomach.. Eat low salt food.. Balance activity and rest periods.. Which Heart Failure Zone are you today? .