Tetralogy Of Fallot‚ Adult Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) is a heart condition present at birth (congenital heart defect). ToF develops early in pregnancy‚ when the heart is dividing and forming its pumping chambers. The heart defects of ToF prevent some of the blood from your body from going directly to your lungs for oxygen. This causes the blood entering your heart to mix with the blood leaving your heart. ToF makes it difficult for your body to get enough oxygen-rich blood. There are 4 defects that
Premium Heart Blood Myocardial infarction
in Doc Sharing. Title: RRL#2 Name: [replace this text with your name] The following questions pertain to: Sanford‚ J.‚ Townsend-Rocchicciolli‚J.‚ Horigan‚ A.‚ & Hall‚ P. (2011). A process of decision making by caregivers of family members with heart failure. Research & Theory for Nursing Practice‚ 25(1)‚ 55–70. 1) What methods were put in place to ensure that the subjects were giving true informed consent? 2) What was the setting for the study? 3) Was the sample adequate for the research design
Premium Informed consent Heart failure Demographics
Doc Sharing. Title: RRL#1 Name: [replace this text with your name] The following questions pertain to: Sanford‚ J.‚ Townsend-Rocchicciolli‚ J.‚ Horigan‚ A.‚ & Hall‚ P. (2011). A process of decision making by caregivers of family members with heart failure. Research & Theory for Nursing Practice‚ 25(1)‚ 55–70. 1) What is the purpose of this research? 2) What is the research question (or questions)? This may be implicit or explicit. 3) Did the authors describe the design of this study? If so
Premium Randomized controlled trial Risk Scientific method
and possible heart attack. “Heart failure can start from an unnoticeable condition‚ that which we call asymptomatic‚ and progress to a severely debilitating disease” (Maybaum‚ MD‚ 2013). There is a “very wide range of presentations” (Maybaum‚ MD.‚ 2013). Some people may have chest pain‚ angina (shortness of breath)‚ weakness‚ or palpitations a symptom. There are many cases where there are no symptoms of cardiac disease. My grandfather‚who never suffered from cardiac issues had a heart attack at the
Premium Myocardial infarction Medicine Atherosclerosis
twice within a 5-day period: (Demers et al‚ 2001). Test-retest reliability (Focht et al.‚ 2005; Marmon et al.‚2012;) has been reported as high‚ with an ICC of 0.90 at baseline‚ 0.88 at 18 weeks‚ and 0.91 at 43 weeks in a cohort of patients with heart failure. A positive correlation existed (r=0.624‚ n=94) between the 6MWT distance and the SF-36 physical function scale indicating as walk distance increased‚ physical function increased (Demers et al.‚ 2001). Obese healthy subjects walked a significantly
Premium Obesity Obesity Osteoarthritis
Mrs. S. is an 83 year old woman with multiple medical problems‚ including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (for which she sees a pulmonologist)‚ atrial fibrillation and systolic heart failure (for which she sees a cardiologist)‚ hypertension‚ diabetes‚ depression‚ and mild dementia. She comes to your provider’s office today with a new list of medications. Her pulmonologist changed her inhaler from one brand/strength to another brand/strength‚ but she is not sure why. Her cardiologist took her
Premium Medicine Atrial fibrillation Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
only few people survive. Like having a Heart failure is one of the most dangerous diseases of both man and women. Heart failure means‚ the heart muscle isn’t pumping enough blood through the heart that the body needs and at the same time oxygen in order that the body can function under normal conditions. There are so many people in the world suffering of this kind of disease that mostly the cause of death. It is extremely devastating living with a heart failure‚ you always count days and wonder when
Premium Death Life Disease
Respiratory Examination General Knowledge Focus points GENERAL APPEARANCE General state of health and sick or not sick?The examination is performed with the patient sitting over the edge of the bed or on a chair Observe for nasal prongs‚ oxygen masks‚ metered dose inhalers (puffers) and other medications‚ and the presence of a sputum in tissues/mug Respiratory pattern / Signs of dyspnoea at rest. Tripod leaning forward with their arms on their knees‚ this compresses the abdomen and pushes
Premium Respiratory system Pulmonology Pneumonia
S SITUATION NAME: Robert DeBourgAGE: 62 GENDER: Male Patient’s main concern is Uncontrolled Blood Pressure and occasional Tachycardia. B BACKGROUND Patient is a smoker with 20 years of smoking ½ pack of cigarette per day. Diagnosed with Heart Murmur at age 12. Diagnosed with High Blood Pressure in 2013. Mayocardial Infarction on 4/13/2014‚ Patient was admitted at St. Rose Hospital and received Cardiac stent placement on 4/14/2014. Patient is on multiple cardiac medication and following up
Premium Cardiology Myocardial infarction Hypertension
happens when the heart beats too early and then pauses before beating again. PACs are also called skipped heartbeats because they may make you feel like your heart is stopping for a second. CAUSES Your heart has four chambers. Normally electrical signals spread across your heart and make all the chambers beat together. During a PAC‚ the upper chambers of the heart (atria) beat too early‚ before they have had time to fill with blood. The heartbeat pauses afterward so that the heart can fill with blood
Premium Heart Myocardial infarction Blood