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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chance of having a stroke approximately doubles for each decade of life after age 55...Each year‚ women have more strokes than men‚ and stroke kills more women than men. Use of birth control pills‚ pregnancy‚ history of preeclampsia/eclampsia or gestational diabetes‚ oral contraceptive use‚ smoking‚ and post-menopausal hormone therapy may pose special stroke risks for women." This means that if you are a senior woman and have any of the indicators associated with stroke‚ it is going to be essential
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Test 3 cardiovascular Top of Form Question 1 Marks: 1 When reviewing patients’ histories‚ the nurse recognizes that which of the following patients would be likely candidates for drug therapy for cholesterol reduction? Choose one answer. a. A patient who has coronary heart disease and an LDL level of 165 mg/dL b. A patient who has coronary heart disease and an LDL level of 140 mg/dL c. A patient who has two risk factors and a low-density lipoprotein (LDL) level of 100 mg/dL
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Syndrome – Visceral obesity is an indicator of the syndrome and an independent marker for CVD – Current and some potential future treatment options. METABOLIC SYNDROME CONCEPT (Not New) • 1923 - Kylin first to describe the clustering of hypertension‚ hyperglycemia‚ hyperuricemia • 1936 - Himsworth first reported Insulin insensitivity in diabetics • 1965 - Yalow and Berson developed insulin assay and correlated insulin levels & glucose lowering effects in resistant and non-resistant individuals
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When assessing her routine labs‚ there is no significant abnormalities noted. After presenting the data to the physician and the physician assesses the patient‚ it is concluded that M.S. has the medical diagnosis of stage 1 hypertension. According to ATI‚ stage 1 hypertension is a blood pressure reading of “systolic 140 to 159 mm Hg; diastolic 90 to 99 mm Hg” (ATI‚ RN Medical Surgical Nursing‚ pg.411). In the patient care plan‚ the priority nursing diagnosis is risk for decrease cardiac output related
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Felodipine is a vasoselective calcium channel antagonist of the dihydropyridine class used in the management of hypertension. It is chemically described as ethyl methyl 4-(2‚3-dichlorophenyl)-1‚4-dihydro-2‚6-dimetylpyridine-3‚5-di-carboxylate. Estimation of felodipine in biological samples and human plasma has been reported by gas chromatographic (GC) (Soons et al 1990) and liquid chromatographic (LC) methods. Estimation and separation of the metabolites of felodipine in biological samples have been
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primary hypertension and diabetes mellitus. He is currently taking an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor and following a salt-restricted weight loss diet. He is about 30 pounds over his ideal weight. At his clinic visit his blood pressure is noted to be 150/90. His heart rate is 70 BPM. He has no complaints. His wife brought an automatic blood pressure cuff with her in the hope of learning to take her husband’s blood pressure at home. 1. What risk factors for primary hypertension are evident
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Audrey Conn Special Diet Project 04/19/12 The Dash Diet 1. The diet I chose to follow is called the DASH diet. It stands for dietary approaches to stop hypertension (The Dash Diet Eating Plan‚ 2012). 2. The diet was created for people with hypertension. I followed the diet for three days. Normally I don’t think I would have had a problem following this diet because I tend to eat the same foods already but situational factors affected my outcome. The combination of work and finals
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disease refers to any disease that affects the cardiovascular system‚ principally cardiac disease‚ vascular diseases of the brain and kidney‚ and peripheral arterial disease. The causes of cardiovascular disease are diverse but atherosclerosis and/or hypertension are the most common. Some of the cardiovascular diseases are hypertensive heart disease‚ coronary heart disease and heart failure. What is a respiratory disease? Respiratory disease is a class of diseases that involve every part of the
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