vasoconstrictor. Therefore‚ diabetes advances atherosclerosis severely by vasoconstriction and clot formation‚ increasing the risk for a heart attack‚ MI‚ or peripheral arterial occlusive disease. Another disorder that can accelerate CVD is hypertension. Hypertension is an increased arterial blood pressure normally with a reading above 140/90 mm
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Chief Complaint: Left ankle pain Details of Present Illness: This is a 44-year-old Hispanic male who I was kindly asked to admit by Dr. Max Hirsch. The patient is status post arthrodesis of the left ankle and has newly diagnosed diabetes and hypertension. PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: Pre-op blood glucose was noted to be greater than 200. The patient asked for a medicine consult/admission for further evaluation. Currently he denies chest pain and shortness of breath. No dysuria‚ no increased urinary
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Chief Complaint: Left ankle pain. DETAILS OF PRESENT ILLNESS: This is a 44 year old Hispanic male who I was kindly asked to admit by Dr. Max Hirsch. The patient is status post arthrodesis of the left ankle and has newly diagnosed diabetes and hypertension. PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: Pre-op blood glucose was noted to be greater than 200. The patent asked for a medicine consult/admission for further evaluation. Currently he denies chest pain and shortness of breath. No dysuria‚ or increased urinary
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According to Teleanu and Constantinescu (2014)‚ spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage can occur from sudden small vessel bleeding secondary to hypertension or angiopathy‚ which is called primary spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage‚ or from arteriovenous malformations‚ coagulopathies‚ vasculitis‚ tumors‚ or trauma‚ which is called secondary spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. The recommended treatment plan for patients with an intracranial hemorrhage includes blood pressure management‚ increased
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defined: Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) – Orthopnea – Acute Coronay Syndrome – Diabetes – Hypertension – Acute anxiety – Chronic depression – Past and present health status: Present: Chronically ill (see diagnoses above) Past: COPD‚ peripheral vascular disease (no surgery due to medical condition)‚ acute coronary syndrome (Jul ’08)‚ previous rt carotid endarterectomy‚ CVA‚ hypertension for many years‚ and type II diabetes for more than 15yrs. Family‚ support systems‚ community‚ occupation:
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Risk factors for stroke may be divided into modifiable and non-modifiable. Non-modifiable risk factors for stroke include age‚ sex‚ ethnicity and heredity. Hypertension‚ smoking‚ cardiovascular disease‚ diabetes‚ asymptomatic carotid stenosis‚ atrial fibrillation‚ dyslipidemia‚ unhealthy diet‚ obesity‚ physical inactivity and post-menopausal hormone therapy are established modifiable risk factors for stroke (Goldstein
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American woman who comes into the clinic for her diabetes. 2. History of Present Illness: CT is coming to clinic today to seek help in controlling her diabetes. Objective: 1. Past Medical History: • Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 for the past 40 years • Hypertension for the past 45 years • Chronic Kidney Disease for the past ten years with neuropathy • Myocardial Infarction in the year 2010 2. Family History: N/A (Not Available) 3. Social History: Patient said she had never smoked and does not drink alcoholic
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adjusting well with treatment and has accepted his medical condition. He has a past medical history of; Coronary artery disease (CAD)‚ chronic renal insufficiency‚ myocardial infraction‚ and Gerd. His present medicals conditions are; uro sepsis‚ hypertension‚ urinary retention‚ general weakness‚ aplastic anemia‚ gastrointestinal prophylaxis‚ deep vein thrombosis‚ osteoarthritis‚ and was recently diagnosed with neck and head metastatic cancer of unknown cause. Surgical history include: Coronary artery
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PENALVER 12/20/2012 ABSTRACT #2-Polyuria PURPOSE: The purpose of the study is to identify polyuria in recipients that have under gone renal transplant and have experience excessive urine output. METHOD: A 57-year-old male patient with hypertension and hyperglycemia was referred to our hospital because of a diagnosis regarding his left adrenal tumor. Because the levels of urinary metanephrine and normetanephrine were elevated‚ and 131I-MIBG scintigraphy showed intense uptake in the adrenal
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Homeostatic Imbalances Hypertension is the term used to describe high blood pressure. Blood pressure is a measurement of the force against the walls of your arteries as your heart pumps blood through your body. Blood pressure readings are usually given as two numbers -- for example‚ 120 over 80 (written as 120/80 mmHg). One or both of these numbers can be too high. The top number is called the systolic blood pressure‚ which is the force of blood in the arteries as the heart beats‚ and the bottom
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