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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HS111 Unit 4 Assignment Sections 1‚ 2 and 3 are worth 30 points each. You must place the hyphen correctly in Section 1 and 2. In section 3 you must place the combining form with the slash to receive full credit. Section 4 is worth 60 points. This assignment contains 4 sections and APA formatting‚ which is worth 150 points. Incorrect spelling and not placing the hyphen or slash mark properly will result in deductions from the total score. In Section 1‚ you will identify the prefix for the given
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other psychological problems‚ such as depression. Literature Review I went on to the SRC online library where it was very helpful to me for my project. Downing (2011) listed risk factors for fall risks‚ such as dementia‚ dizziness‚ Parkinson’s‚ syncope‚ epilepsy‚ hypotension‚ eye diseases‚ osteoarthritis‚ dehydration‚ and osteoporosis. Downing (2011) stated how to reduce fall risks by performing a fall risk assessment before their care plan is written. Robertson K‚
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English grammar has minimal inflection compared with most other Indo-European languages. For example‚ Modern English‚ unlike Modern German or Dutch and the Romance languages‚ lacks grammatical gender and adjectival agreement. Case marking has almost disappeared from the language and mainly survives in pronouns. The patterning of strong (e.g. speak/spoke/spoken) versus weak verbs (e.g. love/loved or kick/kicked) inherited from its Germanic origins has declined in importance in modern English‚ and
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HS111 Unit 4 Assignment Sections 1‚ 2 and 3 are worth 30 points each. You must place the hyphen correctly in Section 1 and 2. In section 3 you must place the combining form with the slash to receive full credit. Section 4 is worth 60 points. This assignment contains 4 sections and APA formatting‚ which is worth 150 points. Incorrect spelling and not placing the hyphen or slash mark properly will result in deductions from the total score. In Section 1‚ you will identify the prefix for the given
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. Health Composite Winston Salem State University Abstract The author of this paper has performed a health assessment on an adult patient and will discuss the findings in this paper. The author will introduce the client‚ complete the health history‚ and physical exam. While summarizing the findings‚ the nursing diagnosis and the plan of care‚ will be discussed in order to help the patient achieve health goals. Keywords: health history‚ nursing diagnosis‚ health assessment
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other important concepts critical to the use of her model – adaptation and wholeness. (http://nursingtheories.blogspot.com‚ retrieved April 16‚ 2012) Now recalling the recent hospitalization of patient RG (my girlfriend) due to vaso-vagal syncope‚ I unknowingly applied all of the four conservation principles‚ as well as the major concepts that revolve around the model. A few days prior to admission‚ patient RG reported to began having episodes of constipation. Two hours prior to admission
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feeling punch kicks‚ rolls‚ and wiggles were very uncomfortable. My first thought was I have got to be pregnant! The following morning‚ while getting ready for school I began to vomit all over myself. As I jumped up I experienced an episode of syncope. As I recovered from this distasteful experience‚ I cleaned myself up and headed to school. So for the next four months‚ I felt terrified to tell my parents‚ siblings‚ and even my closest peers what I’ve been experiencing. Pregnant at 16 year’s
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elevated upper venous pressures. These require urgent intervention if associated with symptoms suggesting airway compromise (i.e.‚ dyspnea‚ orthopnea‚ cough‚ stridor‚ hoarseness) or cerebral edema (i.e.‚ head fullness‚ headache‚ nausea‚ lightheadedness‚ syncope‚ distorted vision‚ altered mental status). The rapidity of progression of symptoms‚ presence of airway compromise‚ and neurological symptoms are important in triaging the patient for detailed evaluation for etiology versus an urgent
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VIAGRA® (sildenafil citrate) Tablets DESCRIPTION VIAGRA®‚ an oral therapy for erectile dysfunction‚ is the citrate salt of sildenafil‚ a selective inhibitor of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-specific phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5). Sildenafil citrate is designated chemically as 1-[[3-(6‚7-dihydro-1-methyl-7-oxo-3-propyl-1Hpyrazolo[4‚3-d]pyrimidin-5-yl)-4-ethoxyphenyl]sulfonyl]-4-methylpiperazine citrate and has the following structural formula: O C H 3C H 2 O CH3 N HN N
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