Assessment of severity of disease
Severity can be assessed on the basis of:
- history - symptoms - absence doesn't mean that disease isn't severe
- examination - fluid overload
- investigations - ECG may be abnormal
- chest radiology - heart enlarged, pulmonary oedema
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