One of your students asks what the consequences of uncorrected, left-sided heart failure would be. What would be your best response?
A) Distention of the jugular vein
B) Effort to lie down to breathe
C) Right-sided heart failure
D) Blood congestion in neck veins
C
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If uncorrected, left-sided heart failure is followed by right-sided heart failure because the circulatory system is a continuous loop. With left-sided congestive heart failure, auscultation reveals a crackling sound, wheezes, and gurgles. Wet lung sounds are accompanied by dyspnea and an effort to sit up to breathe. If the right side of the heart fails to pump efficiently, blood becomes congested in the neck veins, and the nurse may inspect the distention of external jugular vein.
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