Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
In this video, Dr. Elizabeth Profita reviews heart failure, including associated signs and symptoms, and indications of worsening heart failure.
Learning Objectives
Identify the causes of heart failure
Recognize symptoms and signs of heart failure
Describe how to assess cardiac output
Describe how to assess volume status
Recognize signs and symptoms that indicate worsening heart failure
Author(s)
Elizabeth Profita, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Therapies (PACT) | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University
Katherine R. Schlosser Metitri, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Specialist | Columbia University
Vice President, Operations | NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
Sarah Marcley, RN, BSN
Medical Video Editor, OPENPediatrics | Boston Children's Hospital
Christina Callas, MD
Pediatrician | University of California, Davis Children's Hospital
Citation
Profita E, Marcley S, Callas C, Schlosser K. Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. 7/2021. Online Video. OPENPediatrics. https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/5147/Acute-Decompensated-Heart-Failure.