1. Heart Failure Jeopardy 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 DrugsSelf-Care Patient Eval Volume Mgt Misc

2. Three evidence-based beta- adrenergic blockers used to treat systolic heart failure

3. Mechanism of action of ACE- inhibitors

4. Medication used in systolic heart failure that decreases morbidity, not mortality (and often added in after use of ACE-inhibitor & beta- blocker

5. The only major class of drug for which the dose is increased, rather than decreased, in chronic kidney disease

6. Adherence rate with standard heart failure medications that is associated with better survival

7. Percentage of sodium in daily diet that comes from adding salt to food

8. The PHQ-2

9. The BMI associated with best survival in heart failure patients

10. Sodium restriction advised by AHA and IOM for all Americans

11. The definition of cardiac cachexia

12. AGE + BUN =

13. Drug with the shortest half-life: bumetanide, furosemide, torsemide

14. Fluid restriction for mild to moderate heart failure

15. Weight increases by this # of pounds for each quart of extra fluid in the circulation

16. This body position affects neurohormonal activation in heart failure and can decrease natriuresis by 30-50%

17. Stage A Heart Failure

18. New York Heart Association Class III Heart Failure

19. The single most useful diagnostic test in the evaluation of patients with heart failure

20. Peptide secreted by the ventricles of the heart in response to excessive stretching of heart muscle cells

21. Three indicators for potential referral for heart failure advanced therapies

22. Dosing of IV loop diuretic in the urgent/emergent care setting

23. Percentage of heart failure patients in hospice programs

24. Most recent published overall U.S. 30-day HF rehospitalization rate

25. Indication for an Internal Cardioverter Defibrillator in a patient with heart failure

26. 50% of patients diagnosed with heart failure will die in how many years?

27. FINAL JEOPARDY