Mr. O = 63-year old male patient with Hypertension Eric = 13-year old middle school honors student with Diabetes Hello Mr. O‚ I am Ashley‚ the Nurse Educator and I am here to explain your recent diagnoses‚ Hypertension to you. Hypertension means to have high blood pressure. A considerably healthy blood pressure would be between 110/70 to 120/80. A blood pressure 140/90 and above is considered a high blood pressure which causes hypertension. High blood pressure is when the force of blood pushing
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HYPERTENSION Our paper discusses the importance of nutrition and how it plays a part on our health. Specifically focusing on the disorder‚ hypertension. Hypertension is the medical diagnosis term used for when a person has 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. In this paper‚ we go into depth on how certain types of foods increase our blood pressure and what we can do to minimize it. Lifestyle
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cardiovascular and mortality endpoints in antihypertensive trials in diabetic patients. 20(6)‚ 322-334. doi: 10.3109/08037051.2011.602878 In text citation According to García-Donaire et al (2011)‚ “Renal disease is highly prevalent in people with type 2 diabetes‚ and co-existence with hypertension increases the risk of cardiac events and mortality.” (p. 323). Odili‚ Augustine N.‚ Richart Tom.‚ Thijs Lutgarde.‚ Kingue Samuel.‚ Boombhi Hilaire J.‚Lemogoum Daniel.‚ Kaptue Joseph.‚ Kamdem Marius K.
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Prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension in rural women: A report from the villages of West Bengal‚ a state in the eastern part of India ajr_1287 219..225 Anindita Dutta‚ PhD‚1‚2 and Manas Ranjan Ray‚ PhD2 1 College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering‚ Peking University‚ Beijing‚ China; and Department of Experimental Hematology‚ Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute‚ Kolkata‚ India 2 Abstract Objective: To find out the prevalence of hypertension‚ pre-hypertension and tachycardia
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Medical Surgical I Disease Process of Hypertension By Ms. Margarita Minor‚ LPN Pathophysiology The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines hypertension as an abnormally high arterial blood pressure that is indicated by an adult systolic blood pressure of 140mm Hg or greater or a diastolic blood pressure of 90mm Hg or greater. The cause is unknown but may be attributable to a preexisting condition that result in thickening and inelasticity of the arterial walls of the left ventricle
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Running head: Hypertension Intervention Paper 1 Hypertension Intervention Paper Brianna Harris‚ Zach Adams‚ Jon Fierro‚ Spencer Gilfoy Author’s note: Submitted to Miss Wigginton‚ Therapeutic Interventions: California Baptist University in fulfillment of the Therapeutic Intervention Research Paper Running head: Hypertension Intervention Paper 2 INTRODUCTION: Hypertension‚ also known as high blood pressure‚ is extremely
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INCORRECT Mr. Dunn’s blood pressure is high. The student nurse needs to assess for other symptoms before making the determination that the healthcare provider must see him that day. B) "You have hypertension. You need to start making some lifestyle changes." INCORRECT The diagnosis of hypertension is not made until the client has an elevated blood pressure on two different occasions. C) "Please sit here quietly for a few minutes. I need to recheck your blood pressure." CORRECT Mr. Dunn’s
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UNIT 8 ASSIGNMENT Kaplan University Hypertension can be diagnosed in variety of ways and because it’s a common illness that most Americans suffer from‚ it is very common to have patients come in everyday and be evaluated for it. The most common way to be diagnosed with hypertension is checking the patient’s blood pressure. Patients can get their blood pressure checked anywhere from a local pharmacy to their primary care office. They can even check their blood pressure
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HTreatment/Lifestyle of Hypertension A critical step in preventing and treating high blood pressure is a healthy lifestyle. You can lower your blood pressure with the following lifestyle changes: Losing weight if you are overweight or obese‚ quitting smoking‚ and eating a healthy diet‚ including the diet dash (eating more fruits‚ vegetables‚ and low fat dairy products‚ less saturated and total fat). Also‚ reducing the amount of sodium in your diet to less than 1‚500 milligrams a day if you have
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Lifestyle disease From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Lifestyle diseases (also sometimes called diseases of longevity or diseases of civilization interchangeably) are diseases that appear to increase in frequency as countries become more industrialized and people live longer. They can include Alzheimer’s disease‚ atherosclerosis‚ asthma‚ some kinds of cancer‚ chronic liver disease or cirrhosis‚ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease‚ Type 2 diabetes‚ heart disease‚ metabolic syndrome‚ chronic
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