Running head: Gestational Hypertension Gestational Hypertension Gestational Hypertension Many believe that child birth is part of the cycle of a women’s life. The majority of women have minimal complications with natural child birth but to some the process may be life threatening. Past statistics have shown a high rate of child birth mortality. Today‚ this rate has decreased with the advancement of the medical field. However‚ women all over the world are still facing different kinds of complications
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HTreatment/Lifestyle of Hypertension A critical step in preventing and treating high blood pressure is a healthy lifestyle. You can lower your blood pressure with the following lifestyle changes: Losing weight if you are overweight or obese‚ quitting smoking‚ and eating a healthy diet‚ including the diet dash (eating more fruits‚ vegetables‚ and low fat dairy products‚ less saturated and total fat). Also‚ reducing the amount of sodium in your diet to less than 1‚500 milligrams a day if you have
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Medical Surgical I Disease Process of Hypertension By Ms. Margarita Minor‚ LPN Pathophysiology The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines hypertension as an abnormally high arterial blood pressure that is indicated by an adult systolic blood pressure of 140mm Hg or greater or a diastolic blood pressure of 90mm Hg or greater. The cause is unknown but may be attributable to a preexisting condition that result in thickening and inelasticity of the arterial walls of the left ventricle
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The Burning of Primary and Secondary Alcohols Year 11A Chemistry By Jarrod Ahern Abstract The aim of the investigation was to determine whether primary alcohols use less energy than secondary alcohols for fuel. The hypothesis is if primary alcohols are heated and results are taken‚ they produce a lesser heat of reaction then secondary alcohols. The method used was to find the average bond energies of three relating primary and secondary alcohols and compare it with the average theoretical
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venesection and bleeding by leeches were the only treatment for ‘hard pulse disease’ which was what hypertension was known as before. The vast amount of progress in the study of hypertension was faster in the earlier decade of the 19th century because many previous beliefs were rejected. The basics of the measurement of hypertension established by Hales in 1733‚ the description of the pathology of hypertension by Thomas young and Richard bright in 1808 and the description of the stethoscopes sounds all
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Running head: Hypertension and Preventive Care Hypertension and Preventive Care Hypertension is a chronic disease and is a precursor to many serious adverse events such as stroke‚ heart failure‚ and myocardial infract. Supportive care and preventative care models can treat and minimize the potential adverse effects of hypertension. The purpose of this paper is to describe changes that can be made by nurses and organizations to move from supportive care to preventative care. Utilizing
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INTRODUCTION Diabetes is not a single disease with a single cause. It is one of the chronic diseases that cannot be cured but can be controlled. It is happen due to a defect in the body’s ability to convert glucose to energy. When food is consumed‚ it is digested and converted into fats‚ protein or carbohydrates. Foods that affect blood sugars are called carbohydrates. When carbohydrates are digested they are converted into glucose. Individuals with diabetes should eat carbohydrates but must
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will argue against Berkeley who claims that primary and secondary qualities are both mind-dependent‚ I will do so by arguing that the former are mind-independent but the latter mind-dependent. The first section of this paper will be dedicated to defining what primary and secondary qualities are‚ and what it means for these qualities to be mind-dependent or mind-independent. The second section will be an argument on Locke’s account as to why ideas of primary qualities are mind-independent and accurately
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INTRODUCTION: Diabetes plays a huge role in my family’s health history. It is not my mom or my dad or my brother who have it‚ but it still affects my life. My grandma‚ Sandy Soda‚ has diabetes. When I was little‚ I remember her pricking her finger and never knowing why. After my research‚ I now have a different perspective on what she goes through. My grandmother is a very strong woman and I look up to her because she never shows weakness. If you would look at my grandma‚ a person would never know
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CHAPTER NO.1 INTRODUCTION HYPERTENSION: INTRODUCTION: This means abnormally elevated blood pressure. It may refer to increase blood pressure in any blood vessels‚ such as pulmonary or portal hypertension. However‚ it usually refers to an elevated systemic arterial blood pressure. Hypertension is not a disease but physical finding. 1.1 DEFINITION: Hypertension may be define as either a sustained systolic blood pressure (SBP) of greater than 140 mmHg or a sustained diastolic
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