Angiotensin

Plasmin is an important enzyme present in blood that degrades many blood plasma proteins, including fibrin clots. VI. Prognosis/Future Recommendations A. Take his medication everyday, no skipping i. Digoxin for the atrial flutter ii. Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor for the hypertension iii. Anti-thrombolytic therapy (325 mg aspirin/day) B. He should stop smoking and change his diet. C. Know the acronym FAST. i. F: Face Drooping ii. A: Arm Weakness iii. S: Speech Difficulty…

To reduce further renal dysfunction in patient BB, the physician should implement the following recommendations of evidence-based guidelines. Intravenous albumin (1.5 g/kg within 6 hours of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) diagnosis and 1 g/kg on day 3) should be given along with intravenous antibiotics. Multiple studies have shown IV albumin effective in decreasing the incidence of renal dysfunction from 33% to 10% and mortality from 29% to 10% and is especially beneficial for patients…

Context for Longitudinal Study Using Competing Risk Approaches Despite the fact that the effectiveness of RAAS inhibitors in the primary prevention of AF has been evaluated by several population-based observational studies [23-25], it is not clear whether the RAAS inhibitors remain effective in the reduction of new-onset AF in the older adult hypertensive population when competing risks (e.g. all-cause death) exist. All of these studies simply ignored the existence of the competing risks in…

Patient R.S. is a 65-year-old African American male diagnosed with stage 1 hypertension. He complains of headache, nocturia, and an 8-pound weight gain over the past year. His past surgical history consists of an appendectomy. He has peptic ulcer disease and type II diabetes. His father had hypertension and died at age 55 of myocardial infarction, and his mother had diabetes mellitus and hypertension and died of CVA at age 55. R.S. is 5’9” and weighs 237.6 pounds. Specific goals for…

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Treatments & Prevention Treatment during the acute phase of Chagas Disease is critical because it rapidly reduces parasitemia, decreases the chance of death and reduces the likelihood of chronic Chagas Disease (Kaplan and Porter 3). Only two drugs have been proven to improve the patient during the course of this disease and those drugs are nifurtimox and benznidazole. However, treatment from either of these drugs is difficult due to them not being FDA approved. Nifurtimox and benznidazole can…

prevent blood clots from forming in your heart and causing a heart attack or stroke. Water pills to remove excess fluid from your body and can also help treat other conditions that can make your heart murmur worse. Your doctor also can prescribe an Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors to help lower your blood pressure. With some heart murmurs you might need to take Statins which helps lower your…

My interested in health profession began, especially in the Pharmaceutical field. After I graduated from college, then I started to work as a credentialed trainer in Epic for Valley Health. It was there when I realized that taking care of patient involves teamwork including doctors diagnosing patients’ diseases and prescribing medication, nurses administering doctor’s orders and pharmacist’s verifying the correct dosage and medication. Upon working with an instructional designer who was a…

Diabetes Mellitus Type One Diabetes mellitus type one (DMT1) is a chronic disease in which the affected individual is unable to produce insulin. This is just one form of diabetes, another is the commonly known type two diabetes. Type two diabetes is a chronic disease in which the individual’s body becomes resistant to insulin, or the ability to produce insulin is impaired. Type two diabetes is not as severe as type one, but is still able to be dangerous when left untreated. Another type of…

Do you know what the cardiovascular Disease is and how many types of it? Cardiovascular disease or Heart Disease is a condition that includes blocked or narrowed in blood vessels. As a result, many cases like this lead to stroke, chest pain, or heart attack. Second, there are many types of cardiovascular disease that have different Widespread and characteristics. For example, Ischemic Heart Disease is the most widespread type in Canada, and it affects the circulation of blood to the heart, or…