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How Can One Cure Congestive Heart Failure And Dehydration?
My husband was diagnosed in Jan. w/ CHF. We are new to this EF 20%. In hosp for pleurax catheter (which leaked 3 days). Each night at 6pm, they I.V. him with DOPamine, cefotaxamine and zithromaz --as prevenative antibiotics. His heart rate goes to high 120 s, BP from low 90 s/mid 50 s and he becomes anxious and keeps calling to get out of here, let s go home!!!!! 5am this morning the hosp nurse called my house so he could demand the same thing. Freaking me out!! They say he s like this all night. From 11am til 6pm he is normal with me. He is extremely dehydrated from Lasix. 0 and been here 4 days now.
The problem in CHF is you can not give him fluid challenge and EF around 20% is not a good sign. Most likely he is facing consequences of CHF and can take longer to get out of the bed.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Bhanu Partap, Cardiologist
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How Can One Cure Congestive Heart Failure And Dehydration?
Hello, The problem in CHF is you can not give him fluid challenge and EF around 20% is not a good sign. Most likely he is facing consequences of CHF and can take longer to get out of the bed. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr Bhanu Partap, Cardiologist