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Pulmonary Edema - Coggle Diagram
Pulmonary Edema
Patient Education
Weigh yourself daily
Eat a variety of healthy foods
Take drugs as prescribed
Do not smoke or take drugs
Limit or avoid alcohol
Climb to high altitudes slowly
Rest as needed
Medications
Bumetanide
high-dose vasodilators
nesiritide
milrinone
Furosemide
Morphine
Pertinent Assessment Findings
Wheezing
Feeling of suffocation or downing
Dyspnea
Hypoxia
Edema in lower extremities
Interventions
Assess SpO2 and respiration characteristics at least every 4 hours
Elevate patients head
supplemental oxygen
Turn patient at least every 2 hours
Pathophysiology
accumulation of fluids in the interstitium and alveoli of the lung.
increased hydrostatic pressure in the lung capillaries
increase vascular permeability