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Query · Private AI for medicine
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Context
Why does heart failure cause oedema?
The pump fails, the kidneys respond. Lower cardiac output reduces renal perfusion and switches on RAAS. Aldosterone and ADH retain sodium and water.
Starling forces tip. Higher venous pressure raises capillary hydrostatic pressure, so filtration outpaces oncotic reabsorption and lymphatic drainage.
Look for it. Pitting oedema at the ankles, or the sacrum if bed-bound, with a raised JVP, bibasal crackles and an S3.
Right vs left. Right-sided failure drives peripheral oedema; left-sided drives pulmonary oedema and orthopnoea.
Exam point. Bilateral oedema with a normal JVP? Think low albumin, or a drug such as amlodipine.
Assess. Weight trend, JVP, crackles, and medicines such as amlodipine or NSAIDs.
Investigate. NT-proBNP, UEC, FBC, LFTs, TSH and an ECG, then echocardiography.
Safety-net. Daily weights. Seek urgent care for breathlessness lying flat, chest pain, or a 2 kg gain over two days.
Mechanism. Oedema reflects neurohormonal sodium retention, not pump failure alone: RAAS, sympathetic drive and vasopressin raise venous and capillary pressure.
Evidence. In HFrEF, an ACE inhibitor or ARNI, beta-blocker, MRA and SGLT2 inhibitor each reduce death or hospitalisation. Loop diuretics relieve congestion without proven survival benefit.
Do now. Daily weights, strict fluid balance, sit them up. Check UEC before and after IV furosemide, and watch the potassium.
Escalate to your registrar if oxygen needs rise, urine output drops below 0.5 mL/kg/h, or creatinine climbs sharply.
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Tick patient consent, then record. Recognition runs on your device, or through zero-data-retention transcription after you stop.
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Copy it into your notes, or save it encrypted and visible only to you.
Three days of productive cough and fever. No chest pain. Non-smoker.
T 37.9 °C, RR 18, SpO₂ 97% on room air. Crackles at the right base.
Probable mild community-acquired pneumonia.
Treat per local guideline. Safety-net given. Review in 48 hours.
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