You Are Caring for a Client with Left-Sided Heart Failure

question 19

Multiple Choice

You are caring for a client with left-sided heart failure. When you go in to do your shift assessment, you find your client is wheezing, restless, tachycardic, and has severe apprehension. You know that these are symptoms of what?

• A) Acute pulmonary edema
• B) Progressive heart failure
• C) Pulmonary hypertension
• D) Cardiogenic shock

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