identify the major causes of CVD‚ and analyze the key steps‚ including current medications‚ used to address the disease. The understanding of the pathophysiology of many cardiovascular diseases is evolving rapidly‚ especially atherosclerosis‚ hypertension‚ myocardial‚ ischemia‚
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In the pathophysiology there is a epiphyseal cartilage that is a mosaic of interacting growth plates. It is be located in the epiphysis‚ apophysis‚ physis. F. Laundry explains how naming all of the growths can be confusing because there are different types of growths
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As the scope of care and responsibilities of Physician Assistants’ expands‚ so does the range of medical conditions to diagnose and treat grow. One medical condition that has become more prevalent in the past decade due to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq is Phantom Limb Pain (PLP). With reported rates of PLP in 50% to 85% of amputees (Weeks‚ Anderson-Barnes‚ & Tsao‚ 2010‚ p. 278) and over 900 amputees as a result alone from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan (Weeks et al.‚ 2010‚ p. 284)‚ the
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Given the current symptoms it seems that A.O is suffering from left heart failure. Dyspnea the medical term for difficulty breathing is often an indicator of left heart failure. The clinical manifestations including dyspnea are caused by pulmonary vascular congestion and poor systemic oxygen perfusion (Huether & McCance‚ 2012). Other clinical manifestations physicians find with individuals with left heart failure include‚ coughing up mucus‚ fatigue‚ and a decreased urine output. Physicians will
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APPENDECTOMY An appendicectomy (or appendectomy) is the surgical removal of the vermiform appendix. This procedure is normally performed as an emergency procedure‚ when the patient is suffering from acute appendicitis. In the absence of surgical facilities‚ intravenous antibiotics are used to delay or avoid the onset of sepsis; it is now recognized that many cases will resolve when treated non-operatively. In some cases the appendicitis resolves completely; more often‚ an inflammatory mass forms
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Focus Questions #1 1. Relate each client’s current manifestations to the pathophysiology of shock to determine what type of shock the client could be experiencing. Shock is a syndrome characterized by decreased tissue perfusion and impaired cellular metabolism. The patient Richard Tanner has been admitted to the CCU for r/o myocardial infarction. The patient has not prior history of cardiac problems though he has been treated for the last 5 years for cholesterol totaling 285 (HDL 35‚ LDL 212)
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Hypertension is a common disorder characterized by a sustained elevation of systolic arterial pressure of 120 mm Hg or higher‚ or a diastolic arterial pressure of 80 mm Hg or greater or higher‚ or both. Hypertension is divided into two categories: essential hypertension and secondary hypertension. Research has shown that hypernatremia increases the volume of blood‚ which raises blood pressure. Primary hypertension may also develop
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the prenatal record is most important for the nurse to obtain? A) Pattern and number of prenatal visits. B) Prenatal blood pressure readings. C) Prepregnancy weight. D) Jennie’s Rh factor. Pathophysiology of Preeclampsia There is no definitive cause of preeclampsia‚ but the pathophysiology is distinct. The main pathogenic factor is poor perfusion as a result of
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Vitamin D decreases causing osteodystrophy 46 Pathophysiology of CRF As nephrons are destroyed‚ remaining nephrons hypertrophy Glomerular capillary flow and pressure increase in these nephrons Remaining nephrons predisposed to
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organ function in a patient who is in critical health state and who requires both medical and nursing interventions to restore homeostasis—normal health status and organ function (McCance & Huether‚ 2014). Etiology and Pathogenesis of MODS The pathophysiology of MODS is not very well understood although various hypotheses on the
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