TUTORIAL 5 HEART FAILURE Pathophysiology B. Left-sided HF SOB A. Right-sided HF Orthopnea Edema in the feet‚ ankles‚ legs‚ liver‚ & abdomen. If the amount of fluid is fluid accumulates in the abdomen. Fluid accumulation in the liver or stomach nausea & loss of appetite. Eventually‚ food is not absorbed well loss of weight & muscle. This condition is called Cardiac Cachexia Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea Tiredness & weakness A sudden accumulation of a high amount
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P&G Case Analysis The history of P&G is a vivid story of organization strategy as it goes through the entrepreneurial‚ collectivity‚ formalization‚ and elaboration stages. It evolves from a domestic company to multination‚ global‚ international‚ and finally transnational company. The organization structure keeps evolving correspondingly in its life cycle. As it becomes a globalized company‚ it is weighed down by the bureaucracy and hierarchy. Finding a fit organization structure and executing
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Risk Factors Congestive Heart Failure can be brought on by many conditions. These conditions include Coronary Artery Disease‚ Heart Attack‚ and lastly Cardiomyopathy. Coronary artery disease can develop in humans after years over time after years of fatty deposits in the vascular system (Arteriosclerosis). After a heart attack the heart muscles are weakened and cannot perform the way they could prior to the attack. Therefore‚ as the muscles lose their pumping ability the heart cannot work to its full
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Case Study 3 – Congestive Heart Failure Patient Case Question 1. Based on the limited amount of information given above‚ do you suspect that this patient has developed left-sided CHF‚ right-sided CHF‚ or total CHF? right-sided CHF Patient Case Question 2. How did you arrive at your answer to Question 1? right-sided CHF = fluid may back up into your abdomen‚ legs and feet‚ causing swelling. Patient Case Question 3. What is a likely cause for this patient’s heart failure? Increasing
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The heart functions to take deoxygenated blood from the body and pump it to the lungs to re-oxygenate it‚ to pump it back through the body. Without this system‚ body tissues wouldn’t get oxygen and therefore not function and the person would not survive. The function of the left side of the heart is to take oxygenated blood from the lungs and pump it out to and through the rest of the body. This is the systemic circulation of the heart. With every body system there are homeostatic imbalances and
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Colgate’s ‘Simply White’ posed a threat to P&G’s dominant market share in the over- the-counter teeth whitening product category. Colgate emphasized that its product bleached teeth as effectively as P&G’s Crest Whitestrips and priced it at a significant 65% lower than Whitestrips which allowed it to gain almost 50% market share. Although concept tests done by P&G indicated that consumers perceived both products to be equal in terms of whitening levels‚ P&G’s internal scientific data suggested that
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Treating Heart Failure When a patient’s heart is no longer able to pump a sufficient amount of blood around the body‚ they are referred to as having heart failure. The heart muscle has been damaged or overworked and is therefore unable to pump as effectively as before. Coronary heart disease is the most common cause of heart failure‚ cardiomyopathy and hypertension are also implicated (Peterson et al‚ 2002). Heart failure can present acutely or chronically. Chronic heart failure tends to worsen
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with your name] The following questions pertain to: Sanford‚ J.‚ Townsend-Rocchicciolli‚J.‚ Horigan‚ A.‚ & Hall‚ P. (2011). A process of decision making by caregivers of family members with heart failure. Research & Theory for Nursing Practice‚ 25(1)‚ 55–70. 1) What methods were put in place to ensure that the subjects were giving true informed consent? 2) What was the setting for the study? 3) Was the sample adequate for the research design that was selected? 4) Describe the data collection procedure
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banks of the Sabarmati. Instead they have been pitted against each other all morning in a brand exercise organised and masterminded by P&G. The prize? A dinner date for the teams with a man responsible for running the marketing function of one of the most powerful FMCG companies on the planet‚ Marc Pritchard ‚ global marketing and brand building officer‚ P&G. However‚ even students who do not make the cut get a chance to experience Pritchard firsthand when he addresses a respectably packed
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i n t e r n a t i o n a l j o u r n a l o f m e d i c a l i n f o r m a t i c s 7 8 ( 2 0 0 9 ) 494–502 journal homepage: www.intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/ijmi Perspectives and expectations for telemedicine opportunities from families of nursing home residents and caregivers in nursing homes Jun-Yih Chang a‚∗ ‚ Liang-Kung Chen b ‚ Chia-Ching Chang c‚d a Department of Family Medicine‚ Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital‚ 95 Wenchang Rd.‚ Shilin District‚ Taipei City 111‚ Taiwan
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