Comprehensive ATI Predictor A & B Study Notes

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STUDY NOTES Comprehensive Predictor A & B STUDY NOTES Comprehensive Predictor A & B Lithium toxicity - coarse hand tremors - confusion - ECG changes - sedation Lithium adverse eff... ects - HA - polyuria - hyperglycemia Cardiomyopathy - heart muscle becomes enlarged, thick or rigid - activity intolerance: a finding of left ventricular failure and is associated with dilated cardiomyopathy Left sided heart failure vs. right sided heart failure - left: inadequate tissue perfusion - right: systemic venous congestion (peripheral edema) - left: dyspnea, orthopnea (shortness of breath while lying down), fatigue, displaced apical pulse, s3 heart gallop, pulmonary congestion (dyspnea, cough, crackles), frothy sputum, altered mental status, oliguria - right: JVD, dependent edema (legs, ankles, sacrum), abdominal distention (ascites), fatigue/weakness, nausea anorexia, polyuria, liver enlargement and tenderness, weight gain [Show More]

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