Hypotension

Treatment for High Blood Pressure This week assignment I have chosen to look up health information on treatment of high blood pressure. . High blood pressure is also known as hypertension. Blood pressure is the amount of force exerted against the walls of the arteries as blood flows through them. I used an article on medical news today (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/159283.php) written by Christian Nordqvist; Reviewed by Carissa Stephens (RN, CCRN, CPN).The article was last updated…

To get their blood pressure down some young people have to use medication to regulate and deal with their elevated blood pressure levels. When talking about high blood pressure in young people you might think, how can young people without as much responsibility as adults have such a life changing and life threatening condition. Taking medication for high blood pressure for youths can be difficult. If parents are too busy working, children might forget, or miss use their medications. When the…

emaciated body loses muscle, the heart muscle loses mass and complications such as bradycardia and hypotension arise. Brown and Mehler (2015) have observed, “bradycardia (pulse <60) and hypotension are among the most common physical findings in patients with anorexia nervosa, with bradycardia seen in up to 95% of patients” (p. 16). Bradycardia is a condition where the heart beats abnormally slow, while hypotension is low blood pressure and both occur when the individual has a weak…

Patient on med to treat anxiety 1 mg, Q4hrs, PRN/ IV. Side effects: dizziness, drowsiness, orthostatic hypotension, visual disturbances, weakness, disorientation. Nursing considerations: do not stop drug abruptly, avoid alcohol, cns depressants. IM onset 15-30min peak 60-90min. Ondansetron HCL: antiemetic, 4mg Q6hrs PRN IV. Patient is on this in order to prevent…

causing a decreased peripheral vascular resistance resulting in hypotension. In mild cases of overdose, a decrease in both systolic and diastolic blood pressure causes hypotension but the heart is spared due…

magnesium may cause severe symptomatic hypotension. (94) Magnesium causes vascular relaxation as well as antagonising the effect of vasopressor agents. (95) This effect is mediated via prostacycline and calcium flux, as cyclo-oxygenase inhibitors and calcium channel blockers prevent the hypotensive effect of magnesium. (96) The negative inotropic effect of hypermagnesaemia may contribute to the hypotension. Other potential factors contributing to the hypotension include central nervous system…

include for each topic. Amlodipine (Norvasc): • Postural hypotension (drug guide 79): I would teach the patient that they should take this medication at night before bed to reduce to effects of postural hypotension. By taking it at night they have less of a risk of falling since they will be asleep after taking it. I would also inform them that they need to take their time between position changes to prevent the effects of postural hypotension. • peripheral or facial edema (drug guide 79): I…

Hassan Bedeiry Dr. Brenda Schoffstall CLB 479-M1 20 October 2015 This case study talks about a male trauma patient aged 36 years who was transported to a health care facility for emergency surgery. A sample was taken to the blood bank for pre-transfusion testing; including type and antibody screen and crossmatch for six units of PRBCs. After the units were issued to the OR, the patient received five compatible units of RBCs. After the infusion of about 100mL of the sixth unit, the transfusion…

result in systemic complications that occur as circulating chemical mediators released by the inflammatory response compromised the patients cardiovascular system (Cunha, 2003:24). Severe sepsis occurs when hypoperfusion, hypotension and organ dysfunction develop. If hypotension and perfusion abnormalities, lactic acidosis, oligoria and acute onset of mental deterioration occur despite aggressive fluid resuscitation and inotropic therapy, septic shock is present (Munford,…

distress, hypotension or tachycardia. Other than these symptoms, the patient may also present with back pain and hypertension. In this case, the 36-year-old patient shows hypotension and haemoglobinemia that are evident signs of a hemolytic reaction. The acute hemolytic reaction is usually characterized by chills, fever and feeling of heat in the vein that the transfusion is performed. These symptoms are accompanied by life-threatening tachycardia, hypotension, hemoglobinuria, and hypotension.…