Lamont’s vital signs and gets the following results: blood pressure 156/94 mm Hg‚ temperature 99.8 °F orally‚ apical pulse 104 beats/min‚ respirations 25 breaths/min and regular‚ and pulse oximetry 95%. The primary care physician examines Mr. Lamont and tells him he should quit smoking. He gives him an antihypertensive medication to help lower his blood pressure. Mr. Lamont asks Laura if she can teach his wife how to take his blood pressure. Laura agrees and brings Mrs. Lamont in to explain the
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relaxed. It is healthy to smile; the girl in the image looks healthy. Not only does smiling boost your immune system and lowers your heart rate; it also lowers your blood pressure. The University of Kansas studied the effects of smiling and blood pressure. They discovered that those who were smiling had a lower blood pressure than those who were not smiling. So smile because it is healthy for you. Last but not least‚ smiling helps longevity and looks. As you can see in the photo‚ the girl
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Introduction Stroke is a is a medical emergency and can cause permanent neurological damage and death.Risk factors for stroke include old age‚ high blood pressure‚ previous stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA)‚ diabetes‚ high cholesterol‚ tobacco smoking and atrial fibrillation.1 High blood pressure is the most important modifiable risk factor of stroke.1 It is the second leading cause of death worldwide.2 Trends of mortality from stroke Stroke was the second most frequent cause of death
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High Blood Pressure Living a healthy lifestyle is the dream of every person but many of us facing the problem of high blood pressure known as silent killer. The research shows that high blood pressure is rapidly increasing and every third person is stuck with disease. High blood pressure refers to pressure of blood against your artery walls that leads to the heart disease and you need to arrest this silent killer before it strikes you as the research shows that above then 50 percent patients with
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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 malfunctions atenelol is used for are alcohol withdrawal‚ anxiety disorders‚ and cardiac disorders
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contributing indicator of these ailments is high blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force of blood against your artery walls as it circulates through your body. When you have high blood pressure it can harden your arteries‚ which decreases the flow of blood and oxygen to the heart. This in turn causes chest pain‚ heart failure‚ heart attacks‚ and strokes. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)‚ 67 million U.S. adults have high blood pressure which figures out to be 1 in every 3 adults
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How to Properly Take Blood Pressure Step 1 - Choose the right equipment: What you will need: 1. A quality stethoscope 2. An appropriately sized blood pressure cuff 3. A blood pressure measurement instrument such as an aneroid or mercury column sphygmomanometer or an automated device with a manual inflate mode. Step 2 - Prepare the patient: Make sure the patient is relaxed by allowing 5 minutes to relax before the first reading. The patient should sit upright with their upper arm positioned
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1. For each of the following (a through d)‚ indicate which is a variable and which is a constant: a. The number of minutes in an hour. Constant b. Patients’ systolic blood pressure Variable c. Pi (π) – e.g.‚ for finding the circumference of a circle Constant d. College students’ level of depression Variable 2. For each of the following research questions‚ identify the independent variable and the dependent variable within each case (a through e): Does a person’s age affect psychological
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#3 #3 Reason for admission: High blood pressure STUDENT: Jeannette Sutton PATIENT INITIALS: HPT ROOM #_____ Nursing Diagnosis: Risk for imbalanced fluid volume r/t decreased sodium level AEB patient taking hydrochlorothiazide. Supporting data: Thiazide drugs promote excretion of Na‚ CL‚ K and water. First time pt will be taking this drug. STG: Pt will maintain sodium levels of 135-145 by 1700hrs after taking initial dose this morning. Interventions: 1. Administer medication
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Research Strategies for High Blood Pressure High blood pressure or Hypertension effects more than 900 million people world wide (Hajjar‚ Kotchen‚ & Kotchen‚ 2006). This disease can affect both men and women alike and can develop at various ages. Many Americans suffer from high blood pressure and many do not know they even have this disease. High blood pressure puts an individual at risk of stroke‚ heart attack‚ and death. The purpose of this paper is to describe a research strategy toward finding
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