When a Patient with Left Heart Failure Starts to Have

question 9

Multiple Choice

When a patient with left heart failure starts to have a cough and dyspnea,which principle should the nurse remember? Pulmonary symptoms,common to left heart failure,are a result of:

• A) Inflammatory pulmonary edema
• B) Decreased cardiac output
• C) Pulmonary vascular congestion
• D) Bronchoconstriction

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