Pre-Test: Session 2 - Acute Heart Failure Session 2 of 2017 Comprehensive Heart Failure Update & Review Question Title * 1. All of the following are associated with a higher risk of in-hospital mortality for patients hospitalized with acute heart failure except for? A. Higher levels of BUN on admission B. Higher levels of NT-proBNP or BNP on admission C. Higher systolic blood pressure on admission D. Higher levels of cardiac troponin I or T Question Title * 2. Which of the following are true in characterizing patients hospitalized with acute heart failure? A. More than 2/3rd of patients have reduced ejection fraction heart failure. B. Most patients present with systolic blood pressures less than 100 mm Hg. C. The risk of mortality in the first 90 days after discharge is the same as those with chronic heart failure. D. More than 40% of patients have comorbid diabetes Question Title * 3. Change in what hemodynamic parameter has most consistently been associated with worsening renal function in patients being treated for decompensated heart failure? A. Cardiac output B. Right trial pressure C. Systemic blood pressure D. Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure Question Title * 4. Which cause for worsening renal function is associated with the worst prognosis? A. Aggressive diuresis B. Titration of ACE-inhibitor C. Reduction in blood pressure D. WRF unprovoked by a therapeutic intervention Question Title * 5. Dosing a decompensated heart failure patient with a onetime intravenous dose 2 to 4 times a larger dose than required will likely lead to volume depletion and possibly kidney failure. A. TRUE B. FALSE Question Title * 6. The evidence is definitive that a very low salt diet (i.e., < 1-gram sodium) is advantageous during the treatment of acute decompensated heart failure. A. TRUE B. FALSE Question Title * 7. Please provide your first and last name.Pre-test questions will not be scored, your name is required solely to confirm completion. First Name & Last Name Done