Background: Systemic embolism is a common complication of infective endocarditis‚ most frequently involving the central nervous system‚ spleen‚ kidney‚ liver‚ and iliac or mesenteric arteries but embolisation to coronary artery causing sudden cardiac death is infrequently encountered. Case presentation: A case of 45 years old male who had coiling for anterior communicating
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Executive Summary Purpose: The improvement chosen for this particular case‚ was to improve or maintain a blood pressure of 120/80 or less. Goal: The goal in this case is to maintain a systolic pressure (upper number) at the January level of 116 or no greater than 120‚ while lowering the diastolic pressure (lower number) to below 80 by way of increased physical activity. Results: Initial results showed an increase rather than a decrease in diastolic pressure. Mode of activity was changed/modified
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The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Heart Rate Introduction: Our bodies need to be in balance in order to function properly‚ and there are many ways the body maintains balance‚ or homeostasis. Homeostasis is the maintenance of nearly constant conditions in the internal environment. Our normal heart rate is an example of our body in homeostasis and any sort of change‚ or stimulus‚ can alter it. Exercise‚ adrenaline in the blood‚ and a low blood pH are all stimuli that increase the heart rate. Exercise
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Determining the Effect of Arousal on the Heart Rate and Blood Pressure of Adolescent Males Wyatt Griffith and Michaela Rodriguez Wood River High School Hailey‚ ID 83333 ABSTRACT When male adolescents were unknowingly placed in an isolated environment with an attractive woman‚ there wasn’t enough viable data to determine whether or not their blood pressure increased. Based on our limited and unreliable data there is no significant increase in the heart rate or blood pressure of male adolescents
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Curiosity: What is the effect of temperature of saline on cardiac output? HYPOTHESIS: Cardiac output is higher in a hot saline and low in cold saline temperature parameters. Educated Guess Answer: Phenomenally cardiac output is supposed to rise in hot saline conditions and drastically go down in cold saline conditions. Normalising Data Table 2.1: Cardiac output normalised data of frogs in normal‚ hot and cold saline conditions Normal Hot Cold FROG SV(mV/beat) HR(beat/min) Cardiac output(L/min)
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Nursing Diagnosis: Excess fluid volume related to inactivity‚ secondary to congestive heart failure‚ as manifested by rapid weight gain‚ pitting edema in extremities‚ elevated blood pressure‚ bilateral crackle lung sounds‚ bradypnea‚ and dyspnea. Goal: Absence of fluid retention by discharge Desired Outcomes: 1. Blood pressure within regular limits by discharge 2. Absence of edema by discharge 3. Slow progression of weight gain by day 2 of admission 4. Ease of respirations
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Rolando Valdes April 15‚ 2013 EAP 1540 Cause and effect Essay Smoke Do you know how many smokers get sick in U.S.A. every year? More than 2.0 million people are diagnose with different diseases due to the smoking habit. Smoking harms nearly every organ in the body‚ including heart‚ blood vessels‚ lungs‚ eyes‚ mouth‚ bones and digestive organs. In this essay we’ll focus in heart and lung diseases. The chemicals in tobacco damage your blood cells. Also‚ they damage the function of heart. This
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Caitlin Collins Anatomy Dec.2013 Good afternoon Mr. Lowe‚ my name is Caitlin and I am the education nurse. I want to talk to you about your recent diagnosis of hypertension or high blood pressure. First and foremost Mr. Lowe‚ I would like to explain to you what high blood pressure is then we will go on to talk about what are some thing you can do to keep your blood pressure normal and where it is supposed to be. High blood pressure is the pressure your blood is traveling through your
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Q 1) what do you understand by the term systolic blood pressure? Systolic blood pressure is the pressure exerted against artery walls created when the heart contracts to push oxygenated blood throughout the body. As blood pressure is represented by 2 numbers‚ systolic blood pressure is the upper number. A normal systolic blood pressure is 120 or below although it largely depends on the physical properties and capabilities of the individual. Q 2) what do you understand by the term diastolic blood
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The muscular system is what is responsible for the way that we move. Without the muscular system‚ we wouldn’t be able to participate in the normal activities that we do today. There are 700 known/named muscles that are attached to the human skeleton. There are three different types of muscle that can be found in the human body. The Visceral muscle which can be found inside organs such as the stomach. This type of muscle is controlled by the unconcious part of the brain. This muscle is also known
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