CASE STUDY: Mrs. F., a 56 year old Caucasian woman, was admitted to the Cardiac Step-Down unit with complaints of increasing shortness of breath on exertion, weight gain of 10 pounds in the last month, and difficulty sleeping without sitting straight up on three pillows. History: CABG X 2 with aortic value replacement in 1991, mitral valve regurgitation, HTN, CHF, hyperlipidemia, Type II DM, asthma, DJD, anxiety, and recently diagnosed with sleep apnea following 3 sleep studies with a CPAP prescribed
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Complete Assessment of Mr. Smith Jackie McManus University of Missouri Saint Louis Biographical Data Thomas Smith is a 95-year-old Caucasian male who resides in Saint Charles Missouri. He was born in Saint Louis on June 29, 1917. He is currently married to his wife of 71 years. He is retired from appliance sales and general maintenance. He has lived in Saint Charles, Missouri his entire life except for four years when he served in the United States Army during World War II. While he was in
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Introduction Pharmacology of Advair Diskus Fluticasone Propionate (FP), a component of Advair Diskus, is a corticosteroid primarily used in the treatment of asthma, allergic rhinitis (AR), or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).1,2,3,4 In patients with allergic rhinits, is it most often used intranasally, falling under the class of “intranasal corticosteroids”, or INS.3 However, in the case of asthma, the drug is classified as an “inhaled corticosteroid” or ICS.5 Typically short-acting
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Ellen Diane Windham 11/8/15 Case Study: CHF Helen Montgomery * An 83-year-old female presents to ambulance crew after an episode of sudden weakness. A GP is on scene and has assessed the patient, deciding on hospital admission by ambulance as a matter of urgency. History Patient became very weak and was put to bed by NOK. Her breathing became very laboured and the NOK called for the local GP out-of-hours
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for subtle color change, which can be associated and indicate irregular blood flow caused by atrial fibrillation (Pogorelc, D. 2014, September 3). In the United States atrial fibrillation affects nearly three million Americans, which is the occurrence of the upper and lower chambers (the atriums and ventricles) out of sync each time the heart beats (Pogorelc, D. 2014, September 3). Atrial fibrillation is not one of those conditions that are difficult to diagnose, it is readily diagnosed and treated
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cardiac arrest are much more common and more likely to occur. Abnormal heart rhythms known as atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter are particularly very common in stroke patients. With both of these conditions, the upper chambers of the heart -- the atria -- beat quickly, uncontrollably, and unproductively. Atrial fibrillation causes the heart to beat very erratically, meanwhile in contrast, atrial "flutter," causes the rhythm of heart to beat regularly, yet very fast and ineffective. These
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Formulation of the search question: Question: Cardiac monitoring post DC (Direct current) cardioversion – does this intervention reduce the number of adverse incidents? The background to this question begins with the notion that whilst some policies and protocols are evidence-based, some are developed from opinions of clinical staff within institutions without evidence. An example is the routine cardiac monitoring of patients following DC cardioversion. It seems reasonable to think that if
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Rhythm Recognition Exercise-induced arrhythmias can be determined by answering similar questions to those posed when evaluating an ECG at rest: * What is the atrial rhythm? In the normal heart, P waves should be clearly identifiable because they occur prior to every QRS complex. Identification of a P wave may be difficult at high heart rates during exercise because the P wave may be superimposed on the T wave of consecutive beats. * What is the ventricular rhythm? In the normal heart the
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Heart Attacks in Youth Jennifer Velasquez HCS/457 January 16, 2012 Michelle Clemons Heart Attacks in Youth Headlines across the country are similar to a headline recently in La Center, Washington: Eighth Grader Collapses During First Day of Basketball Practice. Children collapsing during sporting events are becoming fairly common around the country. According to Caldwell (2011), “Studies show that 175 to 233 deaths occur each year among high school athletes” (para. 3). Most individuals
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Demo 2 Patient Monitoring System Through Internet Patient Monitoring System through Internet is system used to track off the patient’s health statue. For example some this system will inform the doctor with patient’s heart’s pumping rate, blood’s pressure rate, and many other necessary things. Each activity in the body have different signal in this system so the doctor can differentiate each activity for what it belongs for. For instance if the activity was for brain’s signals it will be
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