EP 13 // The 4 Steps for Accurate Daily Weight Checking When You Have Heart Failure

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Hi folks,

So today we are taking a deep dive into how to keep track of your daily weights to manage your heart failure. Taking accurate daily weights that you can report to your physician is extremely important because they often impact how your doctor wants to dose your medication.

In this episode we will briefly talk about why heart failure impacts your weight and why we as providers care so much about little changes. Then we will talk about how you can get the most accurate weights at home, because little variations do make a big difference! We go into how to set up your scale station and then what to do every day to get consistent information.

If you follow all these tips, your doctor will love you for getting all the information they need to take care of you well.

Best,

Kayla

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CITATIONS

Abassi, Zaid, et al. “Edema Formation in Congestive Heart Failure and the Underlying Mechanisms.” Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol. 9, no. 933215, 2022, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9553007/, https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.933215.

American Heart Association. “Managing Heart Failure Symptoms.” Www.heart.org, 13 June 2023, www.heart.org/en/health-topics/heart-failure/warning-signs-of-heart-failure/managing-heart-failure-symptoms.

“Daily Weights - American Association of Heart Failure Nurses.” Www.aahfn.org, www.aahfn.org/mpage/dailyweights.

Palus, Shannon. “Can I Trust My Bathroom Scale?” Wirecutter: Reviews for the Real World, 5 Sept. 2018, www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/can-i-trust-my-bathroom-scale/.

Redd, Nancy. “The Best Bathroom Scales.” The New York Times, 10 Jan. 2023, www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/the-best-bathroom-scales/.

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