Atrial fibrillation

Many of my family members in Tennessee have many illnesses ranging from diabetes to atrial fibrillation and cancer, and as a result have to travel long distances to the nearest hospital quite often in order to keep their diseases controlled and their medications in stock. Some even come all the way to California to receive medical treatment. The…

Eramo (2017) described several situations where patient safety was severely compromised, and some even resulted in death. In one instance, a patient who had presented to the emergency department with atrial fibrillation was discharged to his primary care physician, and the admitting physician copied the same assessment over twelve office visits over a 2-year period. Consequently, the patient died from a myocardial infarction and the physician was successfully…

Comparing the mean values of the raw data from before and after music type A and B, on both occasions heartrate increased after the exposure to each stimulus. However, Figure 2 indicates a 1.6 difference in beats per minute, whereas Figure 1 shows only a 0.5 difference in heartrate. This suggests that participants had a higher arousal level after listening to high energy music supporting the hypothesis. In both trials however, heart rate increase is minor, establishing a marginal effect on the…

I can definitely say that the first year working as a new nurse has been an unforgettable experience. There are great and terrible experiences that will stick with me the rest of my life. I think this first year has been stressful but very beneficial. As a new nurse, I was reminded on several occasions as to why I decided to become a nurse in the first place. Many of these occasions were personal, patient experiences. There is one patient that really encouraged me and we formed a special…

AN ATHLETE 'S HEART Everyone knows normal daily exercise is beneficial to the heart. It helps reduce the risk of heart disease, reduces weight, lowers blood pressure, and improves cholesterol. A difference in the appearance of the heart can be seen between normal exercise and those of highly trained athletes. Athletic hearts undergo cardiac remodeling of chambers and physiological changes because the heart is working harder to pump blood to the rest of the body during extreme physical activity…

and pain from skin inflammation. Lidocaine is also a very important class-1b antiarrhythmic drug. Antiarrhythmic agents are pharmaceutical substances that are used to stabilize abnormal heartbeats, such as atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, ventricular tachycardia, and ventricular fibrillation. If amiodarone is unavailable or if it is contraindicated, lidocaine can be used when defibrillation, CPR, and vasopressors have been initiated. Inhaled lidocaine can be used as a cough repressor. This…

Stroke is the most preventable neurological disease, and this is mainly because, many of its risk factors such as high cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes, and smoking can be prevented either through healthier lifestyle choices or by medication. “In the management of stroke, speedy access to medical service is crucial, as delays result in poor outcome” (Donkor, Owolabi, Bampoh, Aspelund, & Gudnason, 2014). Stroke occurs when there is an interruption in the blood supply to the brain, caused by…

equalizes after menopause • Family history/genetics • Prior stroke or TIA • Smoking, heavy alcohol use, substance abuse (cocaine, amphetamines) • Diabetes mellitus, obesity, metabolic syndrome, impaired glucose tolerance • Hypertension, atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, severe carotid artery stenosis • Hypercoagulable states (including use of OCP), pregnancy and postpartum states Etiology •…

Shortly after my nurse preceptor received report from the night nurse, I overheard an interaction between my preceptor and the internist regarding one of our patients. The physician let my nurse know that our patient required a Foley urgently, she had been retaining fluid for the last 12 hours or more and to his astonishment, no one had noticed. Surely, he thought, either the night nurse on shift or the nephrologist who had visited the patient one day earlier should have questioned why this…

use? The harmful alcohol use among aboriginal Australians also has significant physical, psychological and sociological effects. Excessive alcohol consumption has significant physical effects such as the development of high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, liver disease, stroke, and cardiomyopathy (insulin resistance over time) (Conigrave & Lee, 2012). The health problems related to harmful alcohol use is evident among aboriginal Australians as the National Alcohol Research Centre indicated…