Peripheral Vascular Disease Peripheral Vascular Disease is a condition of the blood vessels that leads to narrowing and hardening of the arteries that supply the legs and feet. “It is estimated that peripheral vascular disease affects 30 percent of the adult population‚ and two-thirds of all cases are asymptomatic” (PubMed 1998). This paper will talk about the anatomy and physiology‚ etiology and pathophysiology‚ signs and symptoms‚ diagnostic and laboratory tests‚ and treatments about this disease
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experience of dementia DEM 301 3 3 22 31/03/2015 J/601/3538 Unit purpose and aim This unit provides the knowledge of the neurology of dementia to support the understanding of how individuals may experience dementia. Learning Outcomes The learner will: 1 Understand the neurology of dementia Assessment Criteria The learner can: 1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome Exemplification Dementia Syndrome Dementia caused by a combination of conditions‚ sometimes called a mixed dementia Causes of
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VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR TECHNIQUES Thomas L. Forbes‚ MD‚ Section Editor A novel technique of vascular anastomosis to prevent juxta-anastomotic stenosis following arteriovenous fistula creation Ankit Bharat‚ MD‚ Mathew Jaenicke‚ and Surendra Shenoy‚ MD‚ PhD‚ St. Louis‚ Mo Objectives: Juxta-anastomotic stenosis (JAS) is one of the predominant causes of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) failure‚ with the reported incidence as high as 65%. We hypothesized that technical modification to alter the outflow
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Vascular Rings Vascular rings are a very dangerous heart defect in infants. Vascular rings occur in early development of the aortic arch (Vascular Rings). It is a ring that encircles the trachea and esophagus during the development of the aortic arch. When a baby is born‚ their body is supposed to break down the arches to form arteries (Vascular Ring). There are some arches that do not break down and those will form the vascular rings in infants. Vascular rings are less than one percent of all
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Does Alzheimer’s disease occur in younger adults? Dr Md Yaseen Alzheimer’s disease does not only affect in old age. Around 5% of over 5 million people in the US suffering from Alzheimer’s disease‚ have a younger onset. Who get the early onset of Alzheimer’s? May patients with an early onset are usually in their 40s & 50s. They have careers‚ families or are themselves caregivers when struck by Alzheimer’s disease. As per estimates‚ around 2 lakh patients in the US have an early onset of the disease
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Task A Fact sheet 1A) A definition of the term dementia. Dementia is a progressive disease of the brain where the brain is damaged which is terminal ‚ depending on which part of the brain is affected is to what type of dementia it is ‚ examples are Alzheimer’s ‚ Picks ‚ vascular and Parkinson’s disease ‚ these conditions can affect every aspects of the person’s life ‚ affecting short term memory ‚ mobility ‚ sight and how thoughts are processed ‚ and how the person views the world themselves
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have early-onset. Those dealing with it can be in the early‚ middle‚ or end stage of the disease. This disease is located in chromosome 12‚ and also chromosomes 21‚ 14‚ and 1‚ located on PS1 (or AD3. Early-onset Alzheimer’s is an unexpected form of dementia that causes problems with memory‚ thinking‚ and behavior. There are two types of early-onset Alzheimer’s: Common Alzheimer’s disease‚ and Genetic Alzheimer’s disease. The majority of people with this disease have the common form. The disease will
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Parkinson’s‚ multiple sclerosis and multiple neuropathies” (p. 1); implies that mitochondria perform very important function to keep our brain healthy and functional. Alzheimer is a progressive neurodegenerative disease is most common cause of adult dementia. One of the reasons of Alzheimer’s disease is that brain doesn’t receive enough oxygen due to mitochondrial dysfunction. APOE4 genotype are carriers prone to Alzheimer’s disease since “has been associated with mitochondrial dysfunction and glucose
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Aphasia is a group of acquired neurogenic language disorders resulting from brain damage‚ typically in the left hemisphere which controls language. The disorders consists of varying levels of impairment in reading comprehension‚ written expression‚ spoken language comprehension‚ and spoken language expression (Aphasia: Overview‚ 2015). An individual with aphasia may also have co-occurring cognitive deficits such as auditory and visual agnosia‚ visual field deficits‚ or even memory and executive
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Heart‚ Neck Vessel‚ Peripheral Vascular System and Lymph Assessment Ardis A. Halvorsen‚ RN South Dakota State University Abstract This purpose of this report is to present regional write-ups of the cardiovascular system including the neck vessels and heart‚ the lymph system‚ and the peripheral vascular system. The evaluation is performed on a 26-year-old male that works in the construction and asphalt industries and works five to six days a week. This report is submitted using a SOAP format
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