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Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient for heart failure?

Does the patient complain of orthopnea?

Is the jugular venous pressure elevated?

Is an increasing S3 present?

Is P2 (pulmonic component of the second heart sound) loud?

Is edema present?

Does the patient have ascites?

Are rales present?

Is the abdominojugular reflux present?

Is a square wave seen during a Valsalva maneuver?

Is the pulse pressure narrow?

Is pulsus alternans present?

Is the patient sleepy and/or obtunded?

Does the patient show ACE-inhibitor-associated symptomatic hypotension?

Is the serum sodium level decreasing?

Is there evidence of worsening renal function?

Temperature of distal extremities to touch

Results

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