European Heart Journal (2012) 33‚ 1635–1701 doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehs092 JOINT ESC GUIDELINES European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (version 2012) The Fifth Joint Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and Other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice (constituted by representatives of nine societies and by invited experts) Developed with the special contribution of the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention
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Family Genetic History Form Your Name: Marie Madeus Date: 7/28/13 Your Instructor’s Name: Carreon Purpose: This assignment is to help you gain insight regarding the influence of genetics on an individual’s health and risk for disease. You are to obtain a family genetic history on a willing‚ non-related‚ adult participant. Disclaimer: When taking a family genetic history on an actual client‚ it is essential that the information is accurate. Please inform the person you are interviewing that
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strengthen the contractions of the heart and the blood flow will increase without increasing the heart rate. Therefore‚ the result is it will increase myocardial oxygen consumption (Drugguide.com‚ 2016). In addition‚ further therapeutic uses are treating hypotension‚ arrhythmias and heart failure (Australian Medicine Handbook‚ 2016). In evaluating the therapeutic effect of the drug‚ cardiac function such as heart rate‚ electrocardiogram‚ blood pressure‚ and urine output should be monitored closely
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Parents should treat boys & girls equally:-In olden days there was a conservative society. People gave more importance to boys as compared to girls. According to them boys were given importance as they had to go outside and had to do a job. so they needed more care and more strength. Girls were not allowed to go out. They had to live inside the homes and do house hold work. Boys were given education but girls were not allowed to get education as they were not allowed to do any job. Girls and boys
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Atenolol is a nationally known‚ commonly used medication that has helped to change the lives of many people in America. Atenolol‚ also known as Tenormin‚ is placed in a group of remedies known as beta-blocker. As a Beta-blocker‚ Atenolol is used to treat a range of bodily disorders in connection with anxiety and tension‚ such as high blood pressure‚ angina‚ irregular heart rhythms‚ migraines‚ prevention of a second heart attack‚ tremors‚ alcohol withdrawal‚ anxiety‚ and glaucoma. The three main
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resistance * Usually taken with beta blocker propanolol to balance reflex tachycardia and diuretic to decrease sodium retention. * Onset of action: 10-20 minutes * Duration of action: 12 hours INDICATION: * Treat moderate to severe hypertension VASODILATION: * Opens k+ channels and relaxes the smooth muscles of arterioles. * This leads to decrease in peripheral vascular resistances. * Decrease in arterial blood pressure. ADVERSE EFFECTS OF HYDRALAZINE * CNS:
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Stage 1 hypertension is with a systolic of 140–159 with diastolic between 90–99. Stage 2 hypertension when the systolic is ≥160 and the diastolic is ≥100. Objective six: Explain the relationship between Mrs. James’s hypertensive and her new onset of seizure. Her seizure could he been prompted by her electroconvulsive
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Introduction: High blood pressure or hypertension meaning high pressure (tension) in the arteries. Arteries are vessels that carry blood from the pumping heart to all the tissues and organs of the body. Normal Blood Pressure is below 120/80; blood pressure between 120/80 and 139/89 is consider pre-hypertension‚ and a blood pressure of 140/90 or above is considered high. The systolic blood pressure is the pressure in the arteries as the heart contracts and pumps blood forward into the arteries
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High risk factors 1. Elderly (> 65 years); due to age related changes in pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetics 2. Acute diseases such as acute renal failure‚ sepsis‚ etc… 3. Patients with many chronic diseases; diabetes‚ hypertension‚ heart disease‚ liver problem‚ AIDS‚ etc… 4. Patients with renal impairment or haemodialysis 5. Patients in special situations; pregnancy‚ lactation‚ 6. Certain diseases and their medications: cancer‚ diabetes‚ heart failure.
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and can voice whether their blood pressure is normal or high. Another measurable objective is that women with preexisting hypertension make a change in the following areas increase in physical activity‚ smoking cessation‚ body mass index‚ decrease in sodium intake or saturated fats‚ take medications as prescribed by doctor and regular doctor visits. To help decrease hypertension or prevention of prehypertension which helps decrease the deaths in African American women ages twenty- five through thirty-
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