Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is defined as a group of diseases that involve heart and blood vessels which including coronary heart disease‚ cerebrovascular disease‚ peripheral arterial disease‚ rheumatic heart disease‚ congenital heart disease‚ deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism. Recently‚ CVDs is the most famous non-communicable disease (NCD) as it is the top one mortality cause which took 31% out of all the death causes in whole world. CVDs is also the main cause of death in Malaysia as shown
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Venous Ulcers Homework 1. True/false: The medium and large veins in the leg have bicuspid valves to prevent retrograde venous blood flow‚ but the perforating veins do not have valves. False 2. What causes the ulcers to form in patients with venous insufficiency? [The question is what causes ulcers to form‚ not what causes venous insufficiency (people can have venous insufficiency and varicose veins for years without ulceration)] Ulceration is caused by hypoxia‚ which is a decrease in the amount
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another cause of chest pain such as air in the mediastinum (oesophageal rupture) or aortic dissection (widened mediastinum‚ pleural effusions). NB Hypercoaguble state is part of normal physiological response to surgery which may promote coronary thrombosis. Cardiac Tamponade What is cardiac tamponade? Cardiac tamponade: acute failure due to collection of blood or fluid in the pericardial sack compressing the heart. Sudden deterioration = may be bleeding into pericardial space. Causes: pericarditis/malignant
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Akash G 12M 1.0 - Disease 1.1 Pathogens: Pathogens are disease causing microorganisms Disease is the symptoms displayed on a person following an infection‚ a malfunction of the body or mind Infectious Disease: Caused by bacterium‚ virus‚ fungum transferred from one person to another Non Infectious Disease: A disease that is not caused by a transmitted pathogen (e.g. Stroke‚ arthritis‚ obesity) Interface: A surface or boundary between two systems For a microorganism to be a pathogen‚ it
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Legal Case Study Susan L Groover Walden University Legal Case Study Examine the implications of health law for nurses‚ ethical principles‚ and decision making when faced with the potential for medical error is part of the nurse’s daily activity when caring for patients. Each state has a Board of Nursing governing the practice of nurses. The board of nursing specifies through codes‚ titles‚ articles‚ and definitions how the licensed registered nurses can legally practice. The case study
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My first health concern that I noticed is that Mr. Parker stated that “he just doesn’t want to move because it is so hard for him to get up.” This information is important to me because it is subjective data. My nursing diagnostic statement is that he has impaired physical mobility r/t activity limitations imposed by current diagnosis. He has hemiplegia that was caused by a stroke. My nursing interventions for Mr. Parker would be to highly encourage him to attend physical therapy such as stroke
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An In-Depth Look at Portal Hypertension Portal Hypertension (PH) is an increase in the pressure within the portal venous system. The portal venous system is a network of veins that carry blood from the digestive organs to the liver. The most common cause of PH is cirrhosis of the liver. Cirrhosis is an advanced stage of liver scarring called fibrosis. This impedes the liver’s ability to function. PH caused by cirrhosis can often lead to the restored patency of a certain ligament of the liver called
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John Maynard Keynes is perhaps one of the most influential economists of our generation. Keynes‚ a British economist who lived from 1883 to 1946‚ changed the philosophy and practice of macroeconomics including the government economic policy. His theory‚ referred to as Keynesian Economics‚ was based on a circular flow of money‚ which refers to the idea that when spending increases in an economy‚ earnings also increase‚ which can lead to even more spending and earnings. Keynes believed that the government
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Do you really know about the human body? Do you know how it functions on a daily basis? Our body is made up of different organs and systems that work together every day and night. If these systems and organs didn’t exist we would not be able to function in this world. There is one particular system that is extraordinary‚ and it is devised to channel blood in or bodies. It has many organs put together that helps your body maintain your internal environment and fight diseases. This system is called
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as soon as possible. The guidelines provide targeted strategies‚ while additional management of VAP includes the provision of essential care‚ psychosocial support‚ ventilatory support‚ enteral feeding and relevant medication including deep-vein thrombosis prophylaxis‚ and the prevention of complications. The Care Bundle approach offers an interventional tool to implement strategies specifically directed to the prevention of VAP and the facilitation of a team approach to improving its clinical management
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