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How To Prevent My Father's Congestive Heart Failure?
My dad is 84 yrs. old and on peritoneal dialysis. He's also had 5 bypasses. His pulse rate has been 33-35 and he has low blood pressure. His kidney dr. has taken him off all of his heart meds now and he appears to be having congestive heart failure again- has a bad cough. I'm very concerned. Any help I can get would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Tue, 21 Feb 2017
Hi There
After going through the medical histrory provided by you of your father i would like to suggest that at the age of 85yrs, after going through bypass surgery being on peritoneal dialysis with such a low heart rate and low BP i would recommend you to take him to a multispeciality hospital as he is in a need of ICU care. He require a HOLISTIC approach of treatment and cardiac medications need to be started back with dose titrations.
ICU care is recommended for him according to the condition described by you.
Good Luck
After going through the medical histrory provided by you of your father i would like to suggest that at the age of 85yrs, after going through bypass surgery being on peritoneal dialysis with such a low heart rate and low BP i would recommend you to take him to a multispeciality hospital as he is in a need of ICU care. He require a HOLISTIC approach of treatment and cardiac medications need to be started back with dose titrations.
ICU care is recommended for him according to the condition described by you.
Good Luck
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