Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is a heart condition that causes a fast and irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) that comes and goes suddenly. People are born with this condition (congenital). However, symptoms may not appear until the teen or adult years. CAUSES This condition is caused by an extra electrical connection (pathway) between the top chambers of your heart (atria) and the bottom chambers of your heart (ventricles). This can cause an abnormal heart rhythm that comes and goes. RISK FACTORS
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increasing fatigue and difficulty breathing. Physical assessment findings include a rapid, irregular heart rate of 138 beats per minute, BP of 140/86, and a respiratory rate of 28. His breath sounds are clear with fine crackles in the bases bilaterally. He has positive jugular vein distention (JDV) bilaterally and 1+ pitting edema of his ankles bilaterally. His initial medical diagnosis is heart failure (HF). His past medical history includes: CHD, MI, and HTN. Larry is admitted to the acute care facility
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implications of a single home-based educational intervention in patients with heart failure ` ` Ofelia Aguado, MD, Cesar Morcillo, MD, PhD, Jordi Delas, MD, PhD, Mark Rennie, MD, Siraj Bechich, MD, ´ndez, MD, and Franscesc Rosell, MD, PhD Anna Schembari, PhD, Francesc Ferna OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a single home-based educational intervention for patients admitted with heart failure. METHODS: There were 106 patients: 42 in the intervention group and 64
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REINFORCEMENT Read the following real-life situation. Then answer the questions that follow You and your EMT partner respond to a call at the Dauge Corporation. The dispatcher reports an unconscious male about 50 years of age. upon arrival at the scene, the patient’s secretary leads you into an office. Here you see a man lying on the floor next to his desk. “I heard Mr. Kilpatrick yell in pain about 4 or 5 minutes ago,” explains the secretary. “I rushed into his office, but he was already passed
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effective care. First a comparison will be done on timely and effective care for heart attack care. The next comparison will be conducted on Heart failure care. The comparison will look at these two similar hospitals and assess how effective and timely the care is in these two areas and will also compare them to the national average. The first subcategory to compare will be “Outpatients with chest pain or a possible heart attack who received aspirin within the first twenty four hours of arrival or
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Your heart is one of your body’s most important organs. The heart is a muscle made up of four chambers. The chambers are divided into two halves each containing on chamber, one is called an Atrium and one is called the Ventricle. The Atrium puts blood in the heart and the Ventricle pumps blood out of the heart. Because Heart Disease can be very deadly people should know the symptoms and types in order to prevent further cases. Some types of heart diseases include Congenital, Heart Failure, Arrhythmia
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step to manage your Heart Failure Heart failure is a condition in which heart fails to pump enough blood around the body. If you have heart failure, it does not mean your heart is about to stop working. It means your heart needs some support, usually in the form of medicines to perform its normal function. Conditions that may lead to heart failure If you have heart failure, chances are you have (or had) one or more of the conditions listed below:1 Symptoms of heart failure Risk factors
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Congestive Heart Failure Introduction Everyone loses pumping ability in their heart as they age. The serious case of heart failure develops when other health conditions cause the heart to work harder or become damaged due to increased stress. Heart failure is usually a chronic disease. It gradually tends to become worse. By the time someone is diagnosed with it, the heart has most likely begun to lose pumping capacity for quits some time. Nearly five million Americans are living with heart
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Scenario A Acute renal failure: Ms. Jones, a 68-year-old female, underwent open-heart surgery to replace several blocked vessels in her heart. On her first day postoperatively, it was noted that she had very little urine output. 1. What is happening to Ms. Jones’s kidneys, and why is it causing the observed symptom? Ms. Jones just had open-heart surgery and her kidneys did not have enough blood flowing to them (possibly because of low blood pressure during the surgery) and are struggling to work
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guidelines. Scenario A Acute renal failure: Ms. Jones, a 68-year-old female, underwent open-heart surgery to replace several blocked vessels in her heart. On her first day postoperatively, it was noted that she had very little urine output. What is happening to Ms. Jones’s kidneys, and why is it causing the observed symptom? Acute Kidney failure occurs when your kidneys suddenly become unable to filter waster products from your blood.(www.mayoclinic.org). Acute kidney failure fails into three categories
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