Heart Disease: Definition – Heart disease is a broad term used to describe a range of diseases that affect your heart. The various diseases that are classified as heart disease include diseases of your blood vessels‚ such as coronary artery disease; heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias); heart infections; and heart defects you’re born with (congenital heart defects). How to prevent – Do not smoke or use tobacco‚ exercise for 30 minutes on most days of the week‚ eat a heart-healthy diet‚ maintain
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Dennervation hypersensitivity damage to the ANS increases the effector response to stimulation Ganglia a cluster of nerve cell bodies that lie outside the CNS Mass activation Divergence-Preganglionic fibers branch to synapse with numerous postganglionic fibers (up‚ down‚ level) Convergence-Postganglionic fibers receive input from numerous preganglionic fibers Sympathetic system is activated as a unit Sympathoadrenal System the closely related functioning adrenal medulla and sympathetic nervous
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BRAND NAME GENERIC NAME THERAPEUTIC CLASSIFICATION INDICATION OR USE 1. ADVIL IBUPROFEN anti-inflammatory‚ analgesic and antipyretic Management of mild to moderate pain & inflammation 2. ALAXAN IBUPROFEN PARACETAMOL Analgesics (Non-Opioid) & Antipyretics Relief of mild to moderately severe pain of musculoskeletal origin 3. AMBROLEX AMBROXOL Cough & Cold Preparations Acute exacerbations of chronic & asthmatic bronchitis‚ bronchial asthma & bronchiectasis 4. ARTHRO - - - 5. ASCOF FORTE Vitex negundo
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Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)‚ also known as benign prostatic hypertrophy‚ is a histologic diagnosis characterized by proliferation of the cellular elements of the prostate. Cellular accumulation and gland enlargement may result from epithelial and stromal proliferation‚ impaired preprogrammed cell death (apoptosis)‚ or both. BPH involves the stromal and epithelial elements of the prostate arising in the periurethral and transition zones of the gland. The hyperplasia
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Introduction Crash carts are very important in the medical field. They provide many advantages and little to no disadvantages when it comes to providing for the medical staff. Not only do they provide the necessary tools needed to take care of several different circulatory and respiratory complications but also have the necessary medications neatly organized for easy access. After concluding my research I found out a lot of interesting facts about not only the items that area inside the cart but
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. COPD . atherosclerosis 35. Dyspnea‚ fatigue‚ increased pulmonary artery pressure‚ and decreased output are indicative of: . MI . right sided valve damage . left sided valve damage . JVD 36. Atrial fibrillation is a common symptom that only occurs with: . mitral stenosis . mitral regurgitation . aortic stenosis . aortic regurgitation 37. A patient with mitral stenosis is scheduled for mitral valve replacement. Which
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Pathophysiology. Thyroid hormones assume a vital role in the normal functioning of the body. Insufficiency in secretion from their source to respond to body needs in the body risks infection of hypothyroidism. They are secreted by the thyroid glands which are located in a close-range to the trachea between the cricoid cartilage and suprasternal notch where they possess two joined lobes by an isthmus. In addition‚ the thyroid hormones are inconclusive of triodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) that
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CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM ASSESSMENT INTRODUCTION A careful and detailed clinical assessment is essential in order to assess the likely cause and severity of symptoms‚ arrange appropriate investigations and referral‚ avoid unnecessary investigations‚ and to assess individual risk of cardiovascular disease or cardiomyopathy. PREPARATION OF PATIENT • Room that is warm & “quiet” • Examining table positioned so you can stand on the patient’s right side • Explain the procedure to
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code status. The family wanted to discuss the code status and get back to the surgeon. The same day the patient was admitted the neurosurgeon consulted the hospitalist to assist with patient’s medical issues including‚ hypertension and atrial fibrillation. The patient was seen by physical‚ occupational‚ and speech therapy throughout her hospital stay. The patient was seen daily by therapies‚ but continued to make no progress and remained basically unresponsive. Case management was brought
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most effective way of pain control‚ particularly in patients with hip fracture or arthroplasty (Kang et al.‚ 2013). It includes the drugs such as acetaminophen‚ opioids‚ local anaesthetic agents and NSAIDS. But ‚ Audrey is a patient with atrial fibrillation and on warfarin‚ NSAIDS need to be administered very cautiously as it may cause severe bleeding and thromboembolism (Lamberts et al.‚ 2014) . In addition‚ Kumar‚ L.‚ Barker‚ C.‚ & Emmanuel‚ A. (2014) state that the over use of opioids will
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