She has stage 2 hypertension: because her systolic blood pressure is greater than 139 mmHg. She is on Lotensin‚ which is an ACE inhibitor and it works by relaxing the blood vessels so that blood can flow more easily. This medication is used to treat high blood pressure. She
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International statistics of circulatory system diseases‚ cardiovascular diseases in Mongolia. Done by: Anand. B (AUS-233) Ulaanbaatar‚ Mongolia 2013 year. International statistics of cardiovascular diseases. According to WHO estimates‚ 17 million people around the globe die of CVD each year. In 1998 there were 7.3 million deaths from heart attack and 5.1 million from stroke. Another 15 million each year survive minor strokes. 600 million people with high blood pressure are at risk of
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Patient Education Plan-Larry Garcia NUR/427 March 24‚ 2013 Patient Education Plan-Larry Garcia Hypertension or otherwise known as high blood pressure is a term that millions of us are familiar with. According to Center for Disease Control and Prevention “more than 65 million individuals have hypertension” ("High Blood Pressure"‚ 2010). Blood pressure is defined as the force of blood against the artery walls as it circulates through the body. It can cause health problems if it stays
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Stage 1 hypertension is with a systolic of 140–159 with diastolic between 90–99. Stage 2 hypertension when the systolic is ≥160 and the diastolic is ≥100. Objective six: Explain the relationship between Mrs. James’s hypertensive and her new onset of seizure. Her seizure could he been prompted by her electroconvulsive
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disease.” A coronary disease (heart disease) is several conditions in which prevent the heart from completing its functions and affects the structures of the heart (heart.org 3). A few of these diseases are cardiomyopathy‚ coronary heart disease‚ hypertension‚ and tachycardia. These conditions are only a few of a hundred possibilities that can go wrong with the heart. The differences in the diseases is how they affect the heart and what part of the heart is targeted to malfunction. Other differences
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Research & Methods Concerning Potassium Channels in the Cardiovascular System Response to Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension ABSTRACT Research concerning the functional role of potassium ions in the cardiovascular system with respect to hypertension and diabetes mellitus has boomed in the past decade. Through a series of experiments‚ data has been gathered which shows the diverse response of K+ channels in the cardiovascular system when exposed to these diseases. In elevated glucose
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local dirt contracting company for about thirty years now. Mr. F. stands five-foot and nine inches tall and weighs two hundred sixty pounds‚ exhibiting moderate obesity and has been for the past twenty-five years. He has a longstanding history of hypertension; approximately twenty years as well as a history of diabetes mellitus type two for twelve years‚ never having been insulin dependant. He has a smoking history of about fifty years smoking two packs per day and has been diagnosed a few years ago
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and therefore did not sell very heavily. The sixth drug‚ however‚ addressed hypertension and was a huge success. Since Tazer had a patent on the hypertension drug‚ it experienced no competition‚ and profits from the hypertension drug alone kept Tazer in business. During the past 12 years‚ Tazer continued a moderate amount of research and development‚ but it never stumbled upon a drug as successful as the hypertension drug. One reason is that the company never had the motivation to invest heavily
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MITRAL VALVE DISEASE MITRAL STENOSIS Mitral stenosis is almost always rheumatic in origin‚ although in the elderly it can be caused by heavy calcification of the mitral valve apparatus. There is also a rare form of congenital mitral stenosis. In rheumatic mitral stenosis‚ the mitral valve orifice is slowly diminished by progressive fibrosis‚ calcification of the valve leaflets‚ and fusion of the cusps and subvalvular apparatus. The flow of blood from left atrium to left ventricle
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senior nurse or the team leader that is working. Question 3 Discuss the inter-relationship between Mr Hardy’s Cardio Vascular System (his hypertension) and Central Nervous System (his CVA-stroke). (200 words or less) Selected Answer: Cardio vascular system (hypertension) controls the circulation of blood in the body. Hypertension occurs when the heart pumps blood around the body through the blood vessels and uses extra force through the arteries that leads to their weakness and
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