blulie

Red fish So I can safely say that the patient is at risk for decreased Cardiac output based on the hypertension and high cholesterol...correct?

Unfortunately my patient has severe cognitive impairment and cannot give me much of a cardiac history.........this patient's records didnt give me any cardiac history other than hypertension and high cholesterol.......they arent on any meds other than aspirin, lipitor and norvasc....the patient's blood pressure was WNL and I was able to palpate all peripheral pulses during assessment.......do you think I have enough to use a C/O diagnosis with just a history of HTN and high cholesteral

I need help developing a care plan (with only a cardio diagnosis) for someone who was admitted to the hospital for syncope....this patient also has pneumonia.........a thoracic echo was performed and there is nothing indicative of decreased cardiac output (left ventricular function within normal limits and ejection fraction of 55%)..........The patient has a history of hypertension and high cholesteral ............the patient's left carotid is 75% occluded.......since this patient was eating at the time of syncope, I am hypothesizing that all the blood was rushing to their stomache while eating and the already decreased blood flow to the brain (due to the occlusion in the carotid) was diminished even more and they fainted....I was thinking of using a decreased tissue perfusion diagnosis but than that would only be pertaining to cerebral tissue since I do not know whether there are any other arterial occlusions.......If I use the decreased cerebral tissue perfusion diagnosis I also need ten interventions....any thoughts or input would be much apprciated