Analysis of a Single Case Design Identify Dependent Variable The dependent variable in this single-case design is hypertension in adults and involves monitoring blood pressure readings. Hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps out blood (National Institute of Health‚ 2012). High blood pressure is a serious medical condition because it causes the heart to work harder. It is particularly
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Nutrition Bulletin 33.4 (2008): 272-278 Menifield‚ Charles E.‚ Nicole Doty‚ and Audwin Fletcher. "Obesity in America." ABNF Journal 19.3 (2008): 83-88 Sudhakar Sattur‚ et al. "Obesity in Adolescence Is Associated With Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Hypertension." Echocardiography 28.2 (2011): 150-153
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baseline pre illness or pre admission to hospital if for an elective procedure. High blood pressure (HYPERTENSION ) A blood pressure reading‚ with a diastolic measurement greater than 90mmhg and or a systolic of greater than 140mmhg. A rough guide to define hypertension is Mild Hypertension > BP 130/90 -140/100mmHg Moderate Hypertension > BP 140/100- 160/120mmHg Severe Hypertension >BP above 160/120mmHg Low Blood Pressure (HYPOTENTION) Is a reading were the systolic pressure is below
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develops hypertension and proteinuria before the convulsions occur. Some other signs to monitor for right before a seizure would be nausea‚ vomiting‚ headaches and cortical blindness. Similar to preeclampsia‚ eclampsia tends to occur in first time pregnancies and young mothers. Management of preeclampsia is critical to reduce the risk of eclampsia. There are a few primary goals to prevent this complication which includes: stopping and preventing convulsions‚ controlling hypertension‚ delivering
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low birth weight group had experienced chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease (CVD)‚ hypertension or high blood pressure‚ chronic kidney disease (CKD) and 2 types of diabetes (T2D). They determined that participants in the low birth weight group had a risk of hypertension more as twice as much than other participants who were born with normal birth weight. 68 participants had experienced hypertension in the low birth weight group. Also‚ 202 participants in the low birth weight group answered
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Cardiovascular disease does affect men as well. Cardiovascular disease— affects hypertension‚ heart disease‚ and stroke many experts estimate that one in two women will die of a stroke or heart disease. Cardiovascular disease is a health condition that affects the blood vessels and heart. This includes stroke (brain attack)‚ coronary heart disease‚ rheumatic heart disease (permanent heart valve damage from rheumatic fever) and hypertension (high blood pressure). Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause
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long history of hypertension. Based on the case scenario given‚ it was not stated that he wasn’t taking any medication for his hypertension. Hence we can derived that his blood pressure was not properly controlled. This situation is worsen due to his daily alcohol consumption habit which is above the moderate drinking level for his age. The normal moderate drinking for man age <65 is 2 standard drinks per day‚ however Steve had 4 standard drink’s per day even with his hypertension condition. His
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A regular exercise program can increase the uptake of glucose into cells‚ decrease obesity‚ hypertension and dyslipidemia and help decrease insulin requirements (Gilbert‚ 2011). An exercise program should be contraindicated if there are diabetic complications that include uncontrolled hypertension‚ advanced retinopathy‚ sever autonomic or peripheral neuropathy or there are ketones present in urine (Gilbert‚ 2011). Gilbert (2011) states that exercise
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Blood pressure From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For information about high blood pressure‚ see Hypertension. |Blood pressure | |Diagnostics | |[pic] | |A sphygmomanometer‚ a device used for measuring arterial pressure. | |MeSH |D001795
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Cotunga‚ N.‚ Vickery‚ C.‚ & Carpenter-Haefele‚ K. (2005). Evaluation of literacy level of patient education pages in health related journals. Journal of Community Health‚ 30‚ 213-219. Elliott‚ L. (2004). Management of hypertension in the very elderly patient. Hypertension‚ 44‚ 800-804. Lowenstein‚ A.‚ Foord-May‚ L.‚ & Romano‚ J. (2009). Teaching strategies for health education and health promotion: Working with patients‚ families‚ and communities. Boston: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
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