fearful of heart disease because his father had died of a heart attack. He had also noticed more fatigue and intermittent leg pain when playing golf recently. Generalized atherosclerosis is suspected. 1. List the high-risk factors for atherosclerosis in this patient’s history. The high-risk factors for the atherosclerosis in the patient’s history include smoking, obesity, and a diet high in cholesterol and animal fat. Other factors include past history of heart disease and heart attack
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Sleep Disorder: Causes and effects to an individual Most of us have already or are experiencing trouble in sleeping every night or every time we’re trying to sleep. This might be normal and usually temporary due to stress, night terrors or some different issues. But if sleep problems are a regular occurrence and interfere with the daily life, we may be suffering from a sleep disorder. Sleep disorders cause more than just sleepiness, there are so many causes. The lack of quality of sleep can have
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extremely excessive sweating. Toxicity of chloride happens more often. This is caused by excessive amount of chloride in the body. This can raise your blood pressure and also a buildup of fluid. This can be dangerous with people who have congestive heart failure, or any kidney disease. One disease found associated with chloride is Gastric Cancer. They have found if someone has a high intake of salted, smoked, and pickled foods, they will have a higher risk of having this cancer. Another disease
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Bureaucracy and You POS/110 June 18, 2012 Bureaucracy and You Our everyday lives revolve around some kind of necessity that is directly linked to the government. Everywhere we go today there are taxes we contribute toward. The only location that we do not directly pay a tax on is at a garage sale. The government is comprised of many avenues, and as citizens of a country that is supposed to be the richest place in the world, we are more well-known currently as a country that is falling
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In 2012, hospital readmissions for congestive heart failure (CHF) cost Medicare an estimated seventeen billion dollars (Simpson, 2014). As a result, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HHRP) which identified readmissions to the hospital within 30 days of discharge a value-based payment modifier (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2017). CMS uses value-based payment modifiers to financially penalize facilities with
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central venous pressure can reduce arterial pressure. Therefore, antihypertensive drugs either reduce blood volume(which reduces central venous pressure and cardiac output), reduce systemic vascular resistance, or reduce cardiac output by depressing heart rate and stroke volume. One particular class of anti-hypertensive drugs; angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors affect the renin-angiotensin system(RAS) and produces vasodilation by inhibiting the formation of angiotensin II. RAS plays a
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and secondary hyperaldosteronism. Primary hyperaldosteronism can lead to hypertension and secondary hyperaldosteronism can lead to heart conditions, such as heart failure, and edemas. Spironolactone is effective in treating hypertension from primary hyperaldosteronism. Spironolactone acts primarily at the collecting tubule in the kidneys, but can also act in the heart.3 Aldactone, one of the main components of spironolactone, is quickly absorbed into the body and along with the sulfur components is
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between hospitals’ performance on HQA quality indicators and mortality for Medicare enrollees admitted for acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and pneumonia.” Exhibit 3 below shows the resulting adjusted odds ratios of mortality for three separate HQA measures. The three measures are for AMI (acute myocardial infarction), CHF (congestive heart failure), and pneumonia. Each of these three measures was categorized into quartiles: the 1st quartile category includes the lowest 25% of
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B) Lactic acid secretion C) Urine production D) Body temperature regulation 4. A common cause of secondary adrenal insufficiency (Addison’s disease) is… A) AIDS B) Sudden cessation of long- term, high- dose glucocorticoid therapy C) Congestive heart failure D) Chronic kidney infections 5. The following clinical manifestations are part of Cushing’s triad except A) Widening pulse pressure B) Hypertension C) Bradycardia D) Tachypnea 6. Hyperphosphatemia is commonly seen in which disease
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which breathing stops while sleeping, obesity is a contributing factor to this disorder. Excessive weight gain can also cause your body to resist insulin which can result in diabetes. A lack of exercise combined with weight gain can cause congestive heart failure. A typical fast food combo contains around one thousand calories, including a soft drink and fries. The recommended average, according to livestrong.com, is an average of 1500 calories per day for adolescents, this includes all meals
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