supply of oxygen. This is supplied by a separate network of blood vessels called the coronary system‚ made up of coronary veins and arteries. The heart is the size of a clenched fist‚ located slightly to the left of the chest. It is divided into left and right sides‚ has four chambers and works as a pump. Veins deliver deoxygenated blood from the body to the right side of the heart; this is known as Pulmonary Circulation. The heart then pumps this back to the lungs to absorb oxygen. Oxygenated blood returns
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to a high risk surgery; both of which have a significant morbidity and mortality. Factors that contribute to this event are the slow venous blood circulation increasing the risk for blood clotting or endothelium trauma which also increases the risk for a thrombolytic event. The current treatment consists of mechanical compression to improve circulation by preventing venous stasis or pharmacological intervention in the form of anti-coagulants to inhibit platelet aggregation. The treatment with one
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1. A client admitted to the hospital with chest pain and a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus is scheduled for cardiac catheterization. Which medication would need to be withheld for 24 hours before the procedure and for 48 hours after the procedure? 1. Regular insulin 2. Glipizide (Glucotrol) 3. Repaglinide (Prandin) 4. Metformin (Glucophage) 4. Metformin (Glucophage) 2. The nurse is reviewing an electrocardiogram rhythm strip. The P waves and QRS complexes are regular. The PR interval is 0.16
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Module 7: Human Systems Review Sheet 7.01: Nervous and Endocrine Systems 1. What are the 4 lobes of the brain? Know where they are located if given a picture of the brain. - Temporal Lobe The temporal lobe is located on the side of each hemisphere‚ behind the ears. It is associated with speech‚ hearing‚ and memory skills. It houses the hippocampus (the area of the brain associated with memory) and contains the auditory centers responsible for hearing. Occipital Lobe The occipital
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Myocardial Infarction Nursing 231 – Task 2 2000 Word Essay Sharon Watkins Student Number: 1065277 Word Count: 2‚069 Sharon Watkins: 1065277 Page 1 Introduction Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a coronary artery disease (CVD) that affects the lives of many Australians. Various genetic‚ social economic and environmental factors increase the risk of AMI. This essay covers CVD in Australia‚ the major modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors that cause AMI. How the nurse’s role in managing
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References: Circulation. 2001;103:1034-1039 Ahmed American Heart Association‚ fighting heart diseases and stroke‚ Textbook of Advanced Cardiac life Support‚ 1991-1994. cardiovascular diseases‚ San Francesco‚ 2006. Donna Nagle‚ U.S. Department of Education‚ Inclusion of
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Collaborative Practice In our ever changing health care system the need for collaboration is more needed than ever. Collaboration as defined on Wikipedia "is a process defined by the recursive interaction of knowledge and mutual learning between two or more people who are working together‚ in an intellectual endeavor‚ toward a common goal" (Wikipedia‚ 2007). Collaboration is a complex process that requires intentional knowledge sharing and joint responsibility for patient care. Sometimes it occurs
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A chronic disease in which thickening‚ hardening‚ and loss of elasticity of the arterial walls result in impaired blood circulation. It develops with aging‚ and in hypertension‚ diabetes‚ hyperlipidemia‚ and other conditions Arteriosclerosis Symptoms Inadequate Blood Supply in the Legs The symptoms of arteriosclerosis vary according to the arteries involved. Signs of inadequate blood supply generally appear first in the legs. There may be numbness and coldness in the feet‚ and cramps and pains
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5-10 percent have type I DM (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2008). In the United States DM is the sixth most leading cause of death by a disease. Deaths are commonly caused by the cardiovascular effects associated with DM that result in coronary artery disease‚ atherosclerosis‚ and stroke. People diagnosed with DM are two to four times more likely to have heart disease or have a stroke than people who are not diabetic. DM is the leading cause of end-stage renal disease in the United States
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References: Janus‚ E.‚ Postiglione‚ A.‚ Singh‚ R.‚ & Lewis‚ .B (1996). The Modernization of Asia: Implications for Coronary Heart Disease. Circulation‚ 94‚ 2671-2673. National Statistical Coordination Board‚ (2009). 2009 Official Poverty Statistics. Retrieved February 9‚ 2011‚ from http://www.nscb.gov.ph/poverty/2009/Presentation_RAVirola.pdf Pazzibugan‚ D. (2009). More Filipinos getting
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