Ms. Boehmer has systolic heart failure. She has reported symptoms of dyspnea with exertions‚ orthopnea (evidenced by “sleeps on two pillows” at night)‚ fatigue (evidenced by “she often feels tired”) and edema (evidenced by “reports that ankles are often swollen in the evening”) alterations in urination (evidenced by “nocturia X 2 and reports she sometimes has a strong urge to void and does not always make it to the toilet in time”). Physical examinations demonstrate S3 gallop. Cardiomegaly is present
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Edgar Allan Poe has many stories‚ specifically The Tell-Tale Heart‚ this story has many criticisms that help explain related underlying messages and thoughts in the story. Through relative works of Poe The Tell-Tale Heart can be compared. The Tale Tell Heart shows the narrator’s attempt to rationalize his not so loving behavior. John Canario in the book‚ Readings On The Short Stories Of Edgar Allan Poe‚ claims that The Tell-Tale Heart is a nightmare about death in this dream the old man is the narrator’s
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Formative Assignment Including PSAfor class IX PHYSICS 1. Motion is relative or absolute? Give reason. 2. Name the physical quantity that essentially changes as a body moves. 3. Is displacement or distance independent of path? How? 4. Give example of a motion in which distance is covered but there is no displacement. 5. Give one example of motion where‚ distance and displacement are same. 6. When moving car returns to the same point what will be the ratio of
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Coronary Heart Disease Coronary heart disease‚ also called coronary artery disease or ischemic heart disease‚ it characterized by an inadequate supply of oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle (myocardium) because of narrowing or blocking of a coronary artery by fatty plaques. If the oxygen depletion is extreme‚ the effect may be a myocardial infarction (heart attack); if the deprivation is insufficient to cause infarction (death of a section of heart muscle)‚ the effect may be angina pectoris
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The Heart and Christian Barnard Christian Barnard‚ the man who performed the first human heart transplant. Christian Barnard was born in Beaufort West‚ South Africa on November 8‚ 1922. He was the fourth of five sons. His father was Adam Hedrick Barnard who was a reverend in the Dutch reformed church‚ he preached to a non-white congregation. His mother was Maria Elisabeth Deswart Barnard who had been a school teacher before marriage. Both parents were also Afrikaner missionaries. Christian Barnard
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Introduction to Literature I Pavel Drábek Autumn 2012 1/20/2013 Terence Bowers‚ “Conrad’s Aeneid: Heart of Darkness and the Classical Epic” This essay reflects the central ideas of Terence Bowers ’ article on Conrad ’s Heart of Darkness and observations. In the article‚ Bowers compares the Heart of Darkness to Virgil’s Aeneid and Homer ’s Odyssey. First that comes to mind is how the author points out the theme of underworld and how is it described in each work. Among others he
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Heart Diseases in the Philippines Mortality and morbidity The data we gathered shows that the average morbidity level during 2000-2004 almost did not change in 2005. However‚ the level of mortality is alarmingly increasing. This means that more people die from heart diseases than before. Since we are comparing average of 5 years with another succeeding year‚ we expected that the data won’t have significant differences just like in our data about mortality. This means that if we see big difference
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In a tell tale heart by Edgar Allen Poe‚ the literary element is characterization which describes how the narrator is psychotic and dangerous. The narrator in a Tell Tale Heart is indirect. The narrator in a Tell Tale heart is indirect because we learn more about him by his actions and thoughts rather than being told things straight out about him. Evidence of this is when he says‚ “And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense? --now‚ I say‚ there came
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deeper meaning. In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness‚ symbols are used to support the overall theme that imperialism only breeds evil. In the novel‚ one of the major symbols Conrad uses is the river which symbolizes man’s innate cruelty and also the unknown‚ both revealing that inside every man lies a heart of darkness that can be brought out under the right conditions. The setting for the majority of the novel is a river that stretches essentially into the heart of the African continent. To the European
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Coronary heart disease is a common term for the buildup of plaque in the heart’s arteries that could lead to heart attack. But what about coronary artery disease? Is there a difference? The short answer is often no — health professionals frequently use the terms interchangeably. However‚ coronary heart disease ‚ or CHD‚ is actually a result of coronary artery disease‚ or CAD‚ said Edward Fisher‚ M.D.‚ Ph.D.‚ an American Heart Association volunteer who is the Leon H. Charney Professor of Cardiovascular
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