knee. Mr. Hamilton says he has been eating okay and now this afternoon his blood sugar is up to 300. He denies cough‚ congestion‚ chest pain‚ or urinary issues. I was told the scar looked good today. Review of systems reveals that he has had atrial fib in the past. He has not presently anticoagulated. He is sent to us on aspirin 325 twice daily as an anticoagulant. OBJECTIVE
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with ischemic heart disease and heart failure. Metoprolol has also been successful in treatment of some supraventricular tachyarrhythmias including paroxysmal SVT‚ reentry SVT‚ multifocal atrial tachycardia‚ and junctional tachycardia. It can also be considered for rate control in atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter in patients with preserved left ventricular function. (www.drugs.com) When used in conjunction with ACE inhibitors‚ diuretics‚ and cardiac glycosides it can be used to treat New York
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Hyperthyroidism Vs. Hypothyroidism The endocrine system is a series of glands within the body. These gland impact a lot of our body including calcium levels and what we find joy in ( the pituitary gland releases dopamine if we enjoy something). Because there are so many glands in our bodies‚ there are a lot of things that can go wrong. Two of the things that could go wrong are Hyperthyroidism (overactive Thyroid) and Hypothyroidism (underactive Thyroid). While they are both malfunctions of the Thyroid
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The DDD pacemakers are found in patients who possess: AV block with or without sinus node dysfunction; or moderate sick sinus syndrome and AV nodal or His-Purkinje disease‚ with at least some ability to increase atrial rate with exercise. Surgical implantation of cardiac pacemakers has dramatically improved over the years. During the late 1950 ’s and early 1960 ’s when artificial pacing was first being implemented‚ patients with severe Stokes-Adams attacks
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Dr Cecil Burnett and other members of the cardiology department consulted on the patient. They felt that his hypoxemia and breathlessness were not secondary to his cardiac status. He had supraventricular cardiac arrhythmias‚ including atrial fibrillation in atrial flutter. The cardiology staff utilized intravenous medications that controlled the cardiac rate‚ adequately resolving these cardiac issues. I managed the patient’s ventilator and intensive care status along with my respiratory therapy
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infracted brain tissue disintegrates. • Cardiogenic Embolic Strokes are associated with cardiac dysrythmias‚ usually atrial fibrillation. Emboli originate from the heart and circulate to the cerebral vasculature‚ most commonly the left middle cerebral artery‚ resulting in stroke. Embolic stroke may be prevented by the use of anticoagulation therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation. • The last two classifications of ischemic strokes are cryptogenic strokes‚ which have no known cause‚ and
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Dr. J.K. McClain and other members of the cardiology department consulted on the patient. They felt that his hypokinesia and breathlessness were not secondary to his cardiac status. He had supraventricular cardiac arrhythmias‚ including atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter. The cardiology staff utilized intravenous medications that controlled the cardiac rate‚ adequately resolving these cardiac issues. I managed the patient’s venerator in the intensive care status along with my respiratory therapy
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CARDIO Tendon xanthomata: deposition of yellowish cholesterol rich material in the tendons‚ asociared with hyperlipidaemia. Eg on knuckles Xanthelasma: cholesterol deposits around the eyes. Corneal Arcus: deposition of cholesterol/lipid in the cornea. CRP : acute phase of protein produced predominantly by the liver in response to inflammatory cytokines Chest Pain on Xray: evidence of another cause of chest pain such as air in the mediastinum (oesophageal rupture) or aortic dissection
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station. On her desk were three computer monitors. On the monitors were EKG’s of every patient in Telemetry A‚ B‚ and C. The technician went into detail about many different kinds of heart conditions. I learned what an EKG of Atrial Fibrillation and Ventricular Fibrillation looked like. She also printed me out a few examples of both. The technician showed professionalism when reporting on her patients. She did so by promptly alerting a nearby nurse when a patients heart rate was abnormal. This related
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NS 3205 Study Guide for Final Exam Chapter 42 Care of Patients with Hematologic Problems 1. Identify the etiologies and clinical manifestations common to all types of anemia. (See Table 42-1 p 870 and Chart 42-1 p 871) Common Cause Sickle cell disease: autosomal recessive inheritance of two defective gene alleles for hemoglobin synthesis Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency anemia: X-linked recessive deficiency of enzyme G6PD Autoimmune hemolytic anemia: abnormal
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