Prognosis

Good

Fair

Justification

Poor

She started to experience the symptoms of her heart diseas

e at 2000 and had been diagnosed of heart disease. Then, s

Onset of the Illness

he just started to secrete yellow thick phlegm and sometim

es-frothy phlegm for a long period, for about 3 years but t
he patient just ignored it and do nothing.
She was diagnosed with heart failure in year 2000. She is
currently admitted due to respiratory failure. Before admis

Duration of Illness

sion, she was poorly controlling her heart disease due to n

on-compliance of her medication.
She is 59 years old and has a family history of heart diseas

Precipitating factors and

predisposing factors

e. She also smokes and drinks alcohol. She also has asthm
a and been diagnosed with cardiac failure
She is not compliant with her medication and does not im

Willingness to take medi

mediately seek medical care for her illness. She also had v
ices, which precipitated her respiratory failure.

cations and treatment

ARF is common to both young and old age, and patient N

Age

ena is now 59 years old

Patient house is well cleaned however, they live near the
highway where exhaust smoke from vehicles pollutes the

Environment

air.
She has a supportive family and helps her with coping wit
Family support

h her disease. They use Lingap and Philhealth to assist the

m in providing the necessary medications or treatments.
Computation:
Poor: (4*1)/7= 0.57
Fair: (2*2)/7= 0.57

TOTAL

Good: (1*3)/7= 0.43

Total = 1.57
1.57 (Poor Prognosis)

Legend:
Poor = 1

1.0 1.6

Fair = 2

1.7 2.3

Good = 3

2.4 3.0