pericarditis‚ chronic lung disease‚ pneumonia‚ and alcohol or digoxin toxicity (1‚ 2). The prognosis of PSVT is dependent on the comorbid cardiac problems and is generally benign in patients with normal heart structure. Rarely‚ it could result in syncope‚ myocardial infarction‚ pulmonary edema‚ congestive heart failure and even sudden death. Moreover‚ it may result in secundum atrial septal defect in children of mothers who had PSVT in the second and third pregnancy trimesters (3).
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well-known. It is believed that it results from an increase in resistance to blood flow to the lungs with increased preferential flow of desaturated blood to the body. Tet spells are characterized by a sudden‚ marked increase in cyanosis followed by syncope‚ and may result in hypoxic brain injury and death. Older children will often squat during spells. This squatting tends to increase systemic vascular resistance and allows for a temporary reversal of the shunt. We will now look at what is believed
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UCLA SCHOOL OF NURSING CENTER FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCES LOS ANGELES‚ CALIFORNIA IDENTIFYING DATA: Name: Pt. # 1 Date: 1/15/13 Address: 565 Gayley Ave.‚ Los Angeles‚ CA‚ 90024Children: None Sex: F Occupation: Student Age: 20 Religious Preference: Christianity Date of Birth: Insurance: Private Marital Status: Single Source/Reliability: Self‚ seems reliable Race: Caucasian CC: none History of Present Illness: Past Medical History: Allergy: No seasonal allergies. Denies to drugs
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vessels and perspiration level adjust to the heat. But these natural cooling systems may fail if you’re exposed to high temperatures and humidity for too long‚ you sweat heavily‚ and you don’t drink enough fluids. The results can be heat cramps‚ Heat syncope‚ heat exhaustion‚ Heatstroke. I think this study is somewhat like to Anderson one because‚ According to Anderson (1989)‚ temperature effects are direct; they operate at the individual level. Second‚ temperature effects are important; they influence
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Case Study: #1 Mr. O’Brien 1. Which clients are at greatest risk for falls in the acute care setting? Consider physiological and environmental risk factors for falls. The majority of patient falls occur in patients who are young and the older adults. Individuals who are ill or who become injured are at risk. If a patient is weakened or has an altered mental state‚ they are susceptible to falls. 2. Identify seven areas of a fall risk assessment. History of falls‚ seizures or fainting‚ older than
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Substance abuse‚ also known as drug abuse‚ refers to a maladaptive pattern of use of a substance (drug) that is not considered dependent. Substance abuse/drug abuse is not limited to mood-altering or psycho-active drugs. Activity is also considered substance abuse when inappropriately used (as in the case of propofol and Michael Jackson’s death‚ or steroids for performance enhancement in sports). Therefore‚ mood-altering and psychoactive substances are not the only drugs of abuse. Substance abuse
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INTRODUCTION : Imipramine belongs to a group of medicines called tricyclic antidepressants. It affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced. It is generally used to treat symptoms of depression. However‚ it is also used to treat a completely unrelated condition in children‚ known as nocturnal enuresis (night-time bedwetting). TRADE NAMES : TofranilAntidepAntipresMicrodepPraminGENERIC NAME : Imipramine hydrochloride ACTION : Antidepressant AVAILABLE FORMS : Tablets (imipramine
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The Adventure Begins Lewis and Clark Reloaded Case Study 1- How do Respiratory‚ cardiovascular‚ neuromuscular systems differ between physically fit and sedentary individuals? Overall a sedentary individual is unconditioned and if they perform an activity more strenuous than they are accustomed to‚ they run the risk of a myocardial infarction from a higher oxygen demand on the heart that the body can not compensate for. An athlete is conditioned and the
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SUBJECTIVE He presents for evaluation of episodes of feeling like he is going to pass out. He had his first episode last April or May when he was working in the kitchen loading the dishwasher. He describes it as a feeling that his "whole body got tingly. He initially wondered if it was related to the fact that he had been sleeping during the day and only eating one meal every 24 hours. More recently‚ however‚ he has been having more frequent episodes. The most recent one was in the evening of
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player has overly long extremities with hypermobile joints and a marked pigeon chest. This athlete may be at risk for marfan’s syndrome 4. Which of the following is not a sign or symptom of shock? Constricted pupils 5. Which of the following forms of syncope does not suggest a serious disorder? Those occurring with heat 6. Sickle cell trait affects: erythrocytes Chapter 21 1. Recurrent episodes of sudden excessive charges of electrical activity in the brain‚ whether from known or idiopathic causes
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