You are working in the internal medicine clinic of a large teaching hospital. Today your first patient is 70-year-old J.M‚ a man who has been coming to the clinic for several years for management of CAD and HTN. A cardiac catheterization done a year ago showed 50% stenosis of the circumflex coronary artery. He has had episodes of dizziness for the past 6 months and orthostatic hypotension‚ shoulder discomfort‚ and decreased exercise tolerance for the past 2 months. On his last clinic visit 3 weeks
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Chapter 5: Respect Sexuality Multiple Choice: Select the Best Answer 1. Which of the following are chemical messengers in the body that bring about puberty and rule sexuality? a. steroids b. enzymes c. hormones d. genetics 2. Which hormone controls female secondary sex characteristics and also plays a part in menstruation and ovulation? a. estrogen b. prolactin c. testosterone d. Bartholin’s hormone 3. What structures produce ova and the hormones estrogen
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Dementia is a type of disorder that affects the central nervous system. It’s not a disease itself but a group of symptoms that characterize disease and conditions. It’s commonly defined as a decline in intellectual functioning that is severe enough to interfere with the ability to perform routine activities. It causes significant loss of intellectual abilities‚ such as memory capacity‚ severe enough to interfere with social or occupational functioning. Dementia‘s a general term that also includes
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recognized as a dynamic organ and play important roles. Obesity exhibit increased marker of inflammation such as macrophage infiltration‚ C-reactive protein and tissue factor. Obesity is associated with type 2 diabetes‚ cardiovascular disease‚ hypertension‚ stroke‚ sepsis‚ impaired wound healing‚ asthma‚ inflammatory bowel disease. Obesity is an excess of body fat‚ not strictly an excess of body weight. Both excess body fat and increased abdominal or visceral fat pose health hazards. When overweight
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eight (13%) are attributed to higher than normal blood glucose (Danaei‚ 2006). Other studies show that the incidence of stroke and coronary artery disease increases with age‚ but the rate of increase was higher for stroke. Also‚ conditions such as hypertension‚ elevated cholesterol‚ and smoking were associated with increased rates of coronary heart disease and stroke (Glynn‚ 2005). On the other hand‚ also some lifestyles can become a risk factor for heart disease and stroke‚ one of them is working for
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b DEPARTMENT OF NURSING NURSING CARE PLAN |Student Name: p |Age: 89 | |Course number: Basic Skills & Concepts of Nursing |
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functional disability‚ hypertension‚ osteoarthritis‚ and heart disease) as well as psychological/ emotional problems (i.e. depression‚ low self- esteem‚ suicidal thoughts) (Lynch). But interestingly‚ there have also been studies regarding how nonobese women‚ who are characterized
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A 56 year old obese African American female with a history of hypertension‚ hyperlipidemia‚ and hypothyroidism presented at out pulmonary department for the management of multiple recurrent episodes of bronchitis and pneumonia over the preceding two years. She denied ever smoking in the past. Chest roentgenogram was significant for multiple right upper and middle lobe‚ as well as left lower lobe bullae; which was markedly visible on the CT scan of the chest. Serum alfa-1-antitrypsin was negative
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Lifestyle disease From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Lifestyle diseases (also sometimes called diseases of longevity or diseases of civilization interchangeably) are diseases that appear to increase in frequency as countries become more industrialized and people live longer. They can include Alzheimer’s disease‚ atherosclerosis‚ asthma‚ some kinds of cancer‚ chronic liver disease or cirrhosis‚ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‚ Type 2 diabetes‚ heart disease‚ metabolic syndrome‚ chronic
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Vascular Surgery Case Study: MBChB SIC Petra Bouwer MBChB SIC 10214527 Group D3a A. Patient Demographics: Name: Elias Surname: Kgwedi D.O.B: 10/03/1960 Age: 55 Hospital Number: GP63143155 Firm: Vascular Surgery Address: 50 Elizabeth Court‚ Church Street‚ Pretoria West Admission Date: 03/06/2015 B. Patient History: Working Diagnosis: - Peripheral Vascular Disease of the right lower limb - Level of disease: Aorto-iliac Main Complaint: The patient received a skin graft post-debridement for an
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