Community Health Promotion Tool: Hypertension Transcript: Hypertension Guest: Hypertension Host: Kimberly Thomas Kimberly Thomas: Good Evening‚ I am Kimberly Thomas. I’m interviewing Hypertension what is a disorder that affects cardiovascular system. Let’s talk about the population and treatment for hypertension. There are a lot of medications for hypertension. What is hypertension? Where do you start for treatment? Hypertension: Hypertension is high blood pressure. Well‚ there are several
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Contributive factors of major diseases in Malaysia with focus on food. Introduction: Diving into a topic without the explanation of words that the audience and readers would likely misinterpret has proven less effective and lack organization. Before arriving at the issues this report will cover‚ words like the following have to be clearly understood. They include: * Diseases * Contributive factors. According to dictionary.com disease can be defined as a disordered or incorrectly functioning
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Medical Secretary_ Module 2_ A. Cardiology Not all side effects may be reported. You should always consult a doctor or healthcare professional for medical advice. Some of the side effects that can occur may not need medical attention. As your body adjusts to the medicine during treatment these side effects may go away. Drug Name: Adcirca (Tadalafil) Tadalafil relaxes muscles and increases blood flow to particular areas of the body. Side Effects: Redness or warmth in your face‚ neck‚ or chest;
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This category will include conditions such as aneurysms‚ angina‚ arrhythmia‚ atherosclerosis‚ cardiomyopathy‚ congenital heart disease‚ congestive heart failure‚ coronary artery disease‚ dilated cardiomyopathy‚ diastolic dysfunction‚ endocarditis‚ hypertension‚ hypertrophic cardiomyopathy‚ mitral valve prolapsed‚ myocardial ischemia‚ myocarditis and valve disease. The reason for choosing this population in this geographic area is due to the unique‚ almost homogenous population. According to internal
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References: American Heart Association. (2008). Dietary Intake of Dairy Products‚ Calcium‚ and Vitamin D and the Risk of Hypertension in Middle-Aged and Older Women September 25‚ 2008‚ from http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3055292. Fung‚ T. T.‚ Chiuve‚ S. E.‚ McCullough‚ M. L.‚ Rexrode‚ K. M.‚ Logroscino‚ G.‚ & Hu‚ F. B. (2008) Women. Archives of Internal
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Test 3 cardiovascular Top of Form Question 1 Marks: 1 When reviewing patients’ histories‚ the nurse recognizes that which of the following patients would be likely candidates for drug therapy for cholesterol reduction? Choose one answer. a. A patient who has coronary heart disease and an LDL level of 165 mg/dL b. A patient who has coronary heart disease and an LDL level of 140 mg/dL c. A patient who has two risk factors and a low-density lipoprotein (LDL) level of 100 mg/dL
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Pre-Eclampsia and Eclampsia Disorders In Pregnant Women Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are disorders in pregnant women. Pre- eclampsia is hypertension and eclampsia is the worsening of pre-eclampsia where the woman experiences convulsions or goes into a coma. The complication of eclampsia in a pregnant woman can put her and her unborn child at risk. A risk that may be fatal. This is only to briefly define the disorders. Furthermore‚ I predict that women who have suffered from eclampsia do need
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I selected the following website www.ash-us.org‚ which is created by The American Society of Hypertension. The vision statement of American Society of Hypertension is to eliminate hypertension and its consequences nationwide. Its mission statement: “To translate and promote current research in hypertension and vascular disease into effective treatment strategies for patients with hypertension and associated disorders.” The ASH Vision Statement defines the desired contribution of the organization
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control. Hypertension is well-recognized as one of the leading risk factors for coronary heart diseases. (Roger Harms K. B.‚ June 29‚ 2012) There are around 970 million people worldwide who have high blood pressure; approximately 330 million from developed countries and 640 million from developing countries. (Kearney et al.‚ 2005) The number is expected to increase to 1.56 billion people by the year 2025; this translates to about 1 out of every 4 adults being afflicted with hypertension. (Ting Choon
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Homeostatic Imbalance-Hypertension Unit 1 Assignment 1: Homeostatic Imbalance in Hypertension 63-y/o Male Diagnosed with Hypertension Brigitte L. Pedersen-Thomas IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII- IIIIII ITT Technical Institute – Breckenridge School of Nursing: AP2530 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 1 Homeostatic Imbalance-Hypertension 2 Homeostatic
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