Mrs Jones is an 86 year old lady who was admitted to a Hyper Acute Stroke Unit (HASU) from a medical ward. She was initially admitted with a fall at home and was alert on admission‚ however‚ a week later she had developed aphasia‚ with no limb weakness‚ visual field deficit or facial droop. Thrombolysis therapy‚ which involves dissolving the thrombus with an aim of re-opening the occluded artery was considered. However‚ although her initial CT Head confirmed she had not had a bleed (a contraindication
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Questions to Accompany Physio-Ex: Cardiovascular Dynamics 1. Describe the relationship between blood pressure and blood flow. Blood flow is the amount of blood flowing through a vessel‚ tissue‚ or organ during a given period of time and Blood pressure is the force exerted on a vessel wall by the blood traveling through it. 2. Describe the relationship between blood viscosity and blood flow. As blood viscosity increases‚ blood flow decreases. 3. Describe the relationship between vessel
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More than 30 years ago the hypothesis of an interventional approach in patients with unstable angina or non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) was considered only after a "cooling-off" period. This negative attitude was in part justified by the lack of effective antithrombotic adjunctive therapies and devices in the management of lesion containing thrombus and the subsequent early hazard of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The delay—many days or weeks after hospital admission—to
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Cardiovascular Disease Information Tomakio Robinson February 7‚ 2012 Jessica Grippo HCA/240 Cardiovascular disease is a killer of many African American women in the United States. Cardiovascular disease does affect men as well. Cardiovascular disease— affects hypertension‚ heart disease‚ and stroke many experts estimate that one in two women will die of a stroke or heart disease. Cardiovascular disease is a health condition that affects the blood vessels and heart. This includes stroke
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One Person’s Meat Is Another Person’s Poison Despite the daily deluge of health messages and warnings that Americans receive about their eating habits‚ a meal of hamburgers and French fries continues to rank as the top choice among diners. According to recent statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture‚ Americans “ate an average of 30 pounds per person of the crispy potato sticks in 1995”⎯ more than three times the amount ingested in 1965 (“Surprise‚” 1996‚ p. C3). Moreover‚ among patrons
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It is the time of progress. The time of supercomputers‚ space shuttles‚ and many other wonders of technology. We have walked on the moon. We do our shopping at home via Internet navigation. We can not only talk with‚ but we can see the person we are talking to thousands of miles away. It is mankind ’s greatest hour. Yet sadly‚ it is also our time of dying. Strange that no matter how advanced our society has become‚ our nation ’s health hasn ’t caught up. After all‚ heart disease‚ also known as cardiovascular
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Obesity is a problem all across America. Everyday young kids choose to stay in their room and play video games or watch TV instead of going outside to play or participate in athletics at school. The benefits of exercising greatly outweigh the benefits of watching TV or playing video games‚ but yet most children would still rather be inactive. Being active keeps you healthy in many ways and can be as fun as you make it. There are many benefits of being an active person. Being active helps you control
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The Benefits of Green Tea Green tea originates from Asia. The Asians have bee using Green tea for many different medical reasons for at least 4‚000 years. Green tea is a very good beverage and is suitable for everyone. The reasons for that are‚ it is healthy‚ it contains lots of different medicines that are used for many different health issues‚ and it has a variety of different flavors. Green tea is very helpful to many different disfunctions such as: cancer‚ rheumatoid
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Major Assessment Brenda Gould-Johnson Walden University Epidemiology and Population Health NURS 8310 Dr. Toby Turner May 14‚ 2014 Major Assessment In the United States healthcare system‚ there is a significant quality and cost challenges surrounding chronic care diseases. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) states more than seventy-five percent of our nation-state’s health care expenditure is chronic care conditions. The major chronic care population affecting the astonishing expense
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HEART ATTACKS Each Year 1.1 Million people in the United States have heart attacks and almost half of them die. It may be surprising that while many women believe breast cancer is most threatening to them‚ it is a fact that they are eight times more likely to die of a heart attack. Coronary Artery Disease which often leads to a heart attack is by far the leading cause of death of both men and women. WHAT IS A HEART ATTACK? Other Names for a heart attack include the name Myocardial Infarction
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