Assessment Mr. Dunn’s blood pressure reading is 189/110. His LDL cholesterol reading is 200 mg/dl. He asks the student nurse if he should be concerned about his blood pressure. 1. How should the student respond? A) "Your blood pressure is very high. You need to see your healthcare provider today." 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
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forecast period. In terms of revenue‚ the market for peripheral guidewires is expected to grow at a CAGR of over 6.0% from 2014 to 2020 due to increasing prevalence of peripheral vascular diseases (PVDs)‚ peripheral artery diseases (PADs)‚ abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) and carotid artery stenosis (CAS). North America dominated the overall market in terms of revenue share in 2013 majorly on account of the presence of high prevalence levels of cardiovascular and neurovascular disorders and sophisticated
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Aortic aneurysm is a condition in which silent and irreversible focal dilations of aortic wall is occurred due to loos of the wall integrity (1). Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a type of aortic aneurysm that is associated with high risk of mortality ‚ each year in US the AAA causes 4500 death and it is the 14Th cause of death (2). Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) is another type of aortic aneurysm that is quiet rare with a prevalence of 5-10 per 100‚000 in UK (3) . Most of the time AAA and TAA
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repair of a tear in the aorta‚ the vessel that carrier blood out of the heart to the rest of the body. A difference in blood pressure between arms or the loss of blood pressure in one arm is an evidence of this kind of tear‚ known as a dissecting aortic aneurysm. He dies on the operating table. The next patient’s case was a middle-aged woman who comes to the hospital with a fever and difficulty breathing. When her fever spikes and her white blood cell count soars‚ the team gets a CT scan of the chest
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LAB REPORT MEDICAL IMAGING (BMB 44303/ BMB 44304) SEMESTER 1’13 LABORATORY INVESTIGATE THE ULTRASOUND IMAGING NAME: MOHD AFIQ AIMAN BIN MAT ARIFFIN ID NO: 51216111078 GROUP: LO1 TITLE: Ultrasound images A) Objectives: 1. To make the students get familiar with ultrasound machine. 2. To identify image produced by ultrasound. 3. To measure the diameter/ dimension of image subject. B) Procedures: Please simplify procedures of using ultrasound machine
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Does diagnostic ultrasound have a role in emergency medicine? Introduction Emergency medicine (EM) is the medical specialty involving care for undifferentiated and unscheduled patients with illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. The specialty is not limited to the emergency department and may be practiced in numerous other settings including urgent care clinics‚ ambulances‚ at disaster sites‚ and even through telecommunications technology‚ known as telemedicine. Diagnostic ultrasound
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Executive Summary Sandy R Hill Grand Canyon University Nursing Leadership Professor J. Turner April 14‚ 2013 Company Description Since 1890 Scripps has been an innovative healthcare system that has provided San Diego quality healthcare and has been recognized by Thompson Reuters as one of the “top 10 health systems” (Scripps Health‚ 2013‚ para. 3) based on the core mission values of quality‚ efficiency and respect (Scripps Health‚ 2013). In the past two years‚ San Diego hospitals have
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An aneurysm or aneurism (from Greek: ἀνεύρυσμα - aneurusma "dilation"‚ from ἀνευρύνειν - aneurunein "to dilate") is a localized‚ blood-filled balloon-like bulge in the wall of a blood vessel.[1] Aneurysms can commonly occur in arteries at the base of the brain (the circle of Willis) and an aortic aneurysm occurs in the main artery carrying blood from the left ventricle of the heart. When the size of an aneurysm increases‚ there is a significant risk of rupture‚ resulting in severe hemorrhage‚ other
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thoracic aorta just distal to the left subclavian artery. However‚ the constriction may be proximal to the left subclavian artery or rarely in the abdominal aorta. Aortic coarctation presenting during adult life‚ most frequently represents cases of recoarctation‚ following previous transcatheter or surgical therapy‚ or missed cases of native coarctation. Aortic coarctation may be recognized in the adult‚ usually because of systemic arterial hypertension and discrepant upper and lower extremity pulses
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To begin with‚ the word aneurysm derives from the Latin word “aneurysma.” In Latin “aneurysma” means dilation and dilation means that act of expanding. From this‚ it is easier to figure out what an aneurysm really is. The definition of the English word aneurysm means‚ blood-filled dilation of a blood vessel. There are several different types of aneurysm‚ but this report will only cover a cerebral one. Intracranial aneurysms are classified as dissecting‚ saccular‚ and fusiform. There are many causes
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