Running Head: Integrated Pathophysiology Integrated Pathophysiology Paper Confidential RNSG 2463 Instructor Date Integrated Pathophysiology 2 Patient Data Mr. F. is a seventy-three year old Caucasian male who is twice divorced and lives alone in Sweetwater‚ Texas. He has two children living‚ and two deceased children. Both of his parents are deceased; his father died at the age of sixty-nine of prostate cancer‚ his mother at the age of seventy-two of a stroke. He is self-employed‚ owning
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often present with a variety of medical complications. Most prevalent among them are cardiovascular abnormalities‚ which are observed in upwards of 80% of cases and are the most frequent cause of death among patients. Of these‚ supravulvar aortic stenosis (SVAS) is most frequent‚ occurring at a frequency of about 45% (Collins et al. 2010). As with the distinctive facial features present in WBS‚ this disease has been linked to deletions in the elastin gene (Ewart et al. 1994). Sexual differences in
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The use of electrical stimulation has been used widely in physical therapy for many different reasons to treat and manage pain‚ joint limitations‚ spasticity and spasms‚ muscle disuse atrophy‚ circulatory deficits and muscle re-education. The purpose of this case report is to describe the efficacy of using a medium frequency alternating current (MFAC)‚ a Russian stimulation‚ for muscle re-education and strengthening to the quadriceps femoris muscles to help improve the ability to perform sit to stand
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Williams syndrome also recognized as Williams-Beuren syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by a deletion of more than twenty five genes from chromosome 7. Although Williams syndrome is often non-hereditary‚ the chances of the syndrome being passed on if an individual with Williams syndrome has a child are fifty percent. Individuals born with Williams syndrome often possess distinctive facial features which make the syndrome easily recognized. These features include wide spaces between their teeth
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spinal issues. Spinal disc herniation is the most common cause for sciatica. When this disc slippage occurs‚ swelling of the surrounding tissues places pressure upon the sciatic nerve‚ resulting in pain. In other cases‚ sciatica is caused by spinal stenosis‚ a compression of the channel that houses the spinal cord. This narrowing can be due to bone spurs or
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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 ago‚ a CXR showed
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Running Head: CARIOVASCULAR SYSTEM Cardiovascular System BSC1011 Advanced Biology Tuesday‚ January 17‚ 2012 Cardiovascular System The heart weighs 300 grams and is shaped like a grapefruit and has two atria‚ two ventricles‚ and four valves receive blood from both venae cavae and the four pulmonary veins‚ and throw it into the aorta and pulmonary trunk. The heart pumps blood to 9 liters per day‚ making from 60 to 160 beats per minute. The heart is covered with
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A journey of a sausage roll through the digestive system A sausage roll is made up of puff pastry and sausage meat. The pastry is made up of carbohydrates‚ fat and a very small amount of protein‚ the sausage meat is made up of fat‚ and a small amount of carbohydrates and protein. Caloriecount (2015) Donaldrussell (2015) Mouth/Teeth Anatomyeshs (2015) I am a sausage roll even before you eat me‚ when you smell me‚ see me‚ or think about me‚ digestion begins. Saliva begins to form in your mouth.
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Fantastic Voyage Unit 9 Project Anatomy and Physiology II Fantastic Voyage. Once again my mini-sub and I will be miniaturized (8 microns long) and witnessing another ‘Fantastic Voyage’ in a human body. This time I will be swallowed by George‚ a 55 years old man‚ while he is eating his meal consisting of a hamburger‚ French fries and a soda. I will pilot my mini-sub through George’s GI (gastrointestinal tract)‚ which is the tube that starts with the mouth and proceeds to the esophagus‚ stomach
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INTRODUCTION As for the visual documentation of a living or dead specimen‚ digital photography has largely replaced traditional illustrations of the living specimen as the standard method of recording the colour and anatomy of the specimen in the field today. Earlier traditional illustration (coloured and black and white) are still considered scientifically important because they can stress fine anatomical features that are often obscured by liquid. Even today‚ these earlier traditional illustrations
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