complications of arrhythmias in the future. (American Heart Association) Risk Factors: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Age (MayoClinic.com and Heart Rhythm Society); menopause (Women’s Heart Foundation) High blood pressure (MayoClinic.com and Heart Rhythm Society) Obesity (MayoClinic.com and Heart Rhythm Society) Caffeine (MayoClinic.com and Heart Rhythm Society) Stress (Heart Rhythm Society) OTC medications – some blood pressure medications (Heart Rhythm Society); somewhere saw something about decongestants
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PATIENT HEALTH ASSESSMENT Student’s Name: Antonina Polukhina Date: 4/1/2015 Clinical Facility: NCMC PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT: Patient Initials: S. E. Age: 58 y. o. Sex: Female Admitting Diagnosis: weakness/dizziness Vital Signs: Temp. 97.4‚ Pulse 106‚ Respirations 18‚ BP 118/56 Ht/Wt/BMI: Height = 167.64 cm‚ Weight = 84.878 kg‚ BMI 30.2 Skin/Wounds: (Skin turgor; presence of any skin breakdown; incisions; wounds.) Subjective: patient denies any skin breakdowns. Objective: leg skin is
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hear your baby’s heart beat. Between twenty-two and twenty-eight days after conception a baby’s heart is able to be heard ( Congenital Heart Defects: Signs‚ Symptoms‚ and Treatment ). There are serious diseases that can develop early in pregnancy. One of these very life-threatening diseases is known as congenital heart disease. There are several diseases all linked to one muscle in the body. Congenital heart diseases can be major or minor factors to a person’s life. The disease can affect a baby
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Moral dilemmas in medical practice Interview assignment with health care professional Ofra Weisz Student number: 2031213 Ofra_91@hotmail.com Mobile number: 06 21865469 07-10-2012 Amsterdam University College Honours programme Teachers: Prof. dr. Guy Widdershoven Drs. Suzanne Metselaar Biographical background Mrs. M. is twenty five years old and got married three years ago. She was born and raised in the Netherlands and has a religious Jewish background. M. is studying
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a. On this visit‚ Mrs. Robbins states that she is having difficulty sleeping and has episodes of chest pain. How does the nurse correlate these clinical manifestations to aortic stenosis? b. The nurse assesses Mrs. Robbins for what types of heart sounds that are consistent with aortic stenosis? c. What is the rationale for prophylactic antibiotics prior to invasive procedures for the patient with aortic stenosis?
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PharmaPoint: Ulcerative Colitis - Global Drug Forecast and Market Analysis to 2022 On 14th April 2014 During the forecast period from 20122022‚ the growth of the UC market will be driven largely by the entry of Johnson & Johnsons (J&Js) Simponi and Takedas Entyvio‚ which will lead to an increase in the overall number of patients being treated with biologics in the US‚ 5EU‚ Japan‚ and Canada. Another key event affecting the UC market is the anticipated launch of biosimilars‚ given that the patent
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Cardiovascular Disease Information Tomakio Robinson February 7‚ 2012 Jessica Grippo HCA/240 Cardiovascular disease is a killer of many African American women in the United States. Cardiovascular disease does affect men as well. Cardiovascular disease— affects hypertension‚ heart disease‚ and stroke many experts estimate that one in two women will die of a stroke or heart disease. Cardiovascular disease is a health condition that affects the blood vessels and heart. This includes stroke
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Circulatory Diseases Directions: Complete the T-Chart Below. Select 10 diseases from this website: http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/organ/circulatory_system.htm List the disease‚ and write a short summary of what the disease entails. |Circulatory Disease |Disease Description | |Heart Disease |Heart disease involves the heart‚ and usually blood vessels. The different types
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Bacterial diseases: Introduction Bacterial diseases include any type of illness or disease caused by bacteria‚ a type of microbe. Microbes are tiny organisms that cannot be seen without a microscope and include viruses‚ fungi‚ and some parasites as well as bacteria. The vast majority of bacteria do not cause disease‚ and many bacteria are actually helpful and even necessary to good health. Millions of bacteria normally live on the skin and in the intestines and can also be found on the genitalia
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Maykenzie Joy Freeman Health Cardiovascular Disease 3/30/2014 Cardiovascular Disease Assignment 1. Trace the path of a drop of blood from the time it enters the vena cava until it reaches your little finger. Be sure to include the types of blood vessels involved. Deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium from superior and inferior vena cava after having been circulated through the body. ----------------------- From the right atrium‚ blood moves to the right ventricle and is pumped through
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