FranciAnn G Lewandowski Pasco-Hernando Community College Abstract This paper discusses the disease Tetralogy of Fallot. Found within is disease description‚ etiology‚ epidemiology‚ clinical manifestations/signs & symptoms‚ diagnosis of the disease and related lab tests‚ clinical and medical management of the disease including collaborative disciplines‚ and prognosis of living with the disease. There is also a section that describes nursing care‚ complete with NANDA approved diagnoses‚ outcomes
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congenital heart defect that occurs within the hearts of infants and young children. The disease is named after the doctor who described the four heart defects common to several of his patients in 1888. It is present at birth and is usually diagnosed during infancy. There are times‚ though‚ that it may not be detected until later in life‚ depending on the severity of the defects and symptoms. The problems that occur within the heart cause the infants and children who have this disease to have a
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1. Could Garlic Reduce Coronary Plaque? Aged garlic extract (AGE) has been known to stop the advancement of heart disease for a while now‚ something of which I had never heard of before this article. Additionally‚ now researchers are also finding evidence that supports AGE may also be extremely beneficial when it comes to reducing coronary plaque for patients suffering with metabolic syndrome. The study involved 55 participants between the ages of 40 to 75. 27 of these patients took 2400 mg of AGE
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Afib - When Does a Leaking Heart Valve Mean Heart Valve Surgery? It’s good to bring this news to the public. however i feel this can be useful to you if you like me to share along with your friends to scan this nice article. Do you know about - When Does a Leaking Heart Valve Mean Heart Valve Surgery? ! Again‚ for I know. Ready to share new things that are useful. You and your friends. A leaking heart valve fortunately‚ does not always mean valve surgery. And‚ heart valve surgery‚ if it becomes
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affects the endocardium which is the inner most layer of the heart‚ targeting mainly the valves but may also affect the heart chambers (Kumar‚ Abbas‚ Aster‚ 2015). This disease has an infective component which means pathogens have entered the area and disrupted the normal tissue (Cotran‚ Kumar‚ & Collins‚ 1999). Infective endocarditis may lead to severe valvular insufficiency‚ which inturn could possible lead to intractable congestive heart failure and myocardial abscesses. It forms areas of large bulky
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reaches the heart. The coronary circulatory routes is in the heart. It starts off at the superior venacava. After it reaches the venacava‚ in then travels into other parts of the heart before it is finally absorbed and the whole process starts over again. The difference between the coronary circulatory routes and the systemic route. Coronary circulatory routes is throughout the heart. It has to do with how the blood flows through heart. The systemic route is the blood going from the heart to throughout
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found abnormalities of the heart‚ followed by spina bifida and hypospadias. Read more in Children « Healthy Neighborhoods Secure Healthier Kids ADD / Hd and Refined Sugar: Not Such a Sweet Combination » The disorder is usually a loss of metabolic enzymes or incomplete formation of the enzyme. This disorder can be dangerous and even fatal‚ but usually does not cause significant disruption in children. Examples of metabolic disorders is Tay-Sachs disease (a fatal disease of the central nervous
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Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is an advance surgical method meant for treating coronary heart diseases or CHD. In coronary artery bypass surgery‚ healthy veins or arteries from different parts of the body are grafted around the heart or onto the blocked aorta. These grafted portions bypass the blocked areas of the artery and thus create a new route for the blood to reach the heart. Coronary artery bypass graft surgery or CABG is one of the most popular open heart surgery methods performed
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egg or be acquired at any time during fetal development. The causes of many congenital disorders are not known. Congenital disorders include minor physical anomalies (e.g.‚ a birthmark)‚ severe malformations of single systems (e.g.‚ congenital heart disease or amelia of the legs)‚ and combinations of abnormalities affecting several parts of the body. Defects of metabolism are also considered congenital disorders. A congenital disorder can have trivial or grave effects. The most severe‚ such as anencephaly
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I have a patient coming to ICU from emergency department with diagnosis of severe hypertension and history of ischemic heart disease. The patient was started with infusion GTN at 1cc/hours. In intensive care‚ the BP persistently increasing and my doctor ordered to increasing the dose of GTN infusion to 5cc/hours. The BP was decreasing down to 120/90mmhg in 15 minute later. The dose of infusion will reduce to 1cc/hours. BP was persistently decreasing to 70/40mmhg. All the team were query why the BP
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