Caring for Clients with Infectious and Inflammatory Disorders of the Heart Submit responses here. Cite reference page(s)

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Caring for Clients with Infectious and Inflammatory Disorders of
the Heart
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textbook:
1. A client comes in for a preoperative workup for heart
surgery. While assessing her medical history, she states she had
rheumatic fever as a child.
a. Discuss the relationship between rheumatic fever and
rheumatic carditis. What is the causative agent?
b. How are the valves affected?
c. Discuss testing and if there is any diagnostic test to
conclusively identify rheumatic fever.
d. What is the sequela to this condition?
2. Myocarditis is an inflammation of the muscle layer of the
heart. Frequently, myocarditis is of a viral origin in the United
States. A client who is bulimic comes into the ED presenting with
chest pains. She rates her pain as sharp, but relief comes by
sitting upright.
a. What other symptoms do you think you might see in this
client? Why?
b. What diagnostic findings will you expect to find?
3. You are training a new grad nurse to the unit. Today, you
have a client with cardiomyopathy.
a. Explain the difference between the three types of
cardiomyopathy.
b. Which is the most common type? What are the signs and
symptoms?
c. What medical management is recommended?