Cardiomyopathy literally means disease of the heart muscle or the myocardium. In this disease‚ the heart loses its ability to pump blood and beat at a normal rhythm. The condition tends to start off mild and then worsens fairly quickly. In the most severe cases‚ cardiomyopathy can lead to congestive heart failure. The main types of Cardiomyopathy are: Dilated or ’enlarged’ heart‚ the most common form of Cardiomyopathy occurs when the heart muscles become weak and cannot pump blood effectively
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M30_MARI0000_00_SE_CH30.qxd 30 3/29/11 4:42 PM R E V I E W Page 190 S H E E T NAME ____________________________________ EXERCISE LAB TIME/DATE _______________________ Anatomy of the Heart Gross Anatomy of the Human Heart 1. An anterior view of the heart is shown here. Match each structure listed on the left with the correct letter in the figure. g 1. right atrium a j 2. right ventricle b r 3. left atrium u 4. left ventricle b 5. superior vena cava k 6. inferior vena cava l
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------------------------------------------------- SIDS – THE SILENT KILLER (By Sue Lynn Bell) Instructor: S. Rios Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is one of the most difficult and mysterious diagnosis to face‚ for both parents and members of the healthcare team. It is the worst nightmare of all parents. SIDS is defined as "a sudden and unexpected death of an infant‚ or young child‚ in which a thorough postmortem examination‚ and examination of the death scene‚ fails to demonstrate an adequate cause
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Critical Care Outline Chapter 66 * Critical care nursing: specialty dealing with human responses to life-threatening problems. * Critical care units (CCUs) or ICUs: designed to meet the special needs of acutely and critically ill pt’s. * Types of critical care: system based‚ medical‚ surgical‚ trauma‚ burns‚ age specific * Rapid response team (RRTs): provide for the delivery of advanced care by specialized teams usually composed of: * A critical care nurse * A respiratory
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Topic 1: Subject‚ tasks and methods of pathophysiology. General nosology‚ etiology and pathogenesis. 1. A 49-year-old man was suffering 12 years ago from rheumatic myocarditis‚ endocarditis‚ and insufficiency of mitral valve. Examinations showed the absence of inflammatory process‚ sufficient minute blood volume. What is it? A. Pathological reaction B. Pathological process C. Typical pathological process D. Compensatory reaction E. Pathological
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exercise regimen * daily exercise * at least 20 minutes * stop smoking * limit alcohol use Risk Factors * high blood pressure * high cholesterol * smoking * diabetes * obesity * atrial fibrillation A stroke occurs when an artery to the brain is blocked or suddenly ruptures. The brain does not get the blood that it needs to survive. * CVAs are the third leading cause of death in the United States * Worldwide‚ 4.5 million people
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illnesses. • Cardio-respiratory adaptations are best developed through continuous‚ fartlek and longer interval type training. Cardiovascular Adaptations: Cardiac hypertrophy (increased ventricular volume): • Enlargement of the heart muscle itself • Increase in size and volume of the ventricular chambers‚ particularly the left ventricle occurs. • Significantly increases stroke volume Increased capillarisation of the heart muscle: • Increase in capillarisation of the
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Nursing Care: Congestive Heart Failure Beverly Baum‚ Chrysten Brown and Christina Bhowanidan Herzing University Nursing Care: Congestive Heart Failure The general population is living longer than ever before. The Federal Interagency on Aging-Related Statistics (2012) states “The number of older people will increase dramatically during 2010-2030 period. The older population in 2030 is projected to be twice as large as their counterparts in 2000‚ growing from 35 million to 72 million and
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Section: BIO 202 Lab Report: Cardiovascular Anatomy Please fill out this report and submit it to the dropbox. Do not hand in your own form. It will not be graded and you will receive a zero for the lab. You must get all parts of the question correct to get credit for the question * Please note that although you do not hand in items in observations‚ it is very important to do these as you may see some of these items on future/associated lab quizzes or be asked about some of these concepts
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT It gives me an immense pleasure in presenting this case study‚ which is made for the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the fourth year of B.Sc. Nursing Programme. We were provided 8 weeks of the clinical practice‚ at Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center. During our 8 weeks of clinical exposure each student had to do a detailed study of one cardiac problem. During my clinical exposure to Coronary Care Unit (CCU) for 1 week I got an opportunity to take case for study. We
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