Hypotension

1. What do you remember about what happened before your wife found you on the floor? Need to obtain more information about the event in question. His memory of the event and whatever symptoms occurred could help point to an etiology, especially something like syncope. 2. How have you been feeling since the change in your medication? He has changes to his blood pressure medications that may have contributed to him being on the floor. 3. Have you had issues falling since you left rehab? It is…

to strengthen the muscle Most relaxants work on the central nervous system reducing spasms, altering pain perception and promotes rest and relaxing of the muscle. Risks of taking these drugs are drowsiness, dry mouth, ataxia, tremor, seizures, hypotension, confusion, respiratory distress, and liver toxicity. blood dyscrasis and hypersensitivity reactions. Neuromuscular blocking agents(NMBA) have severe risks for patients and can result in respiratory arrest........The benefits of medicines are…

diagnosis of a new elderly patient with a recent fall as nurses we must take into consideration many factors that might of contributed to the fall. Some of the factors and symptoms that can potential contribute to an elderly falling are: dementia, hypotension, poor vision, muscle weakness, labyrinthitis, fever, confusion, UTI’s, dizziness, certain medications, unsecure rugs/carpets, dim lights and tripping on the stairs. Before we even look at the symptoms and factors we must first gather all…

Clinical Decision Making Pathophysiology: Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) A cerebral vascular accident (CVA) is defined as “a sudden loss of brain functioning from a disruption of blood supply to a part of the brain causing temporary or permanent loss of movement, thought, memory, speech, or sensation”(Belleza, 2016, p. 1). CVA is categorized as ischemic or hemorrhagic. Hypertension accounts for the majority of ischemic CVAs or strokes. According to the American Heart Association, ischemic…

findings, epidural anesthesia in cardiac surgery is not considered the standard of care. Major complication associated HTEA include neurological injuries secondary to neuraxial hematomas and hypotension secondary to sympatholysis. Interestingly, the authors discovered a correlation between the female sex and hypotension. Despite the general consensus of neurological injury, this retrospective study of 144 patients resulted in no such event. However, another concern of HTEA is the accidental…

TERMINOLOGY CLINICAL CLARIFICATION • Systemic illness due to microbial infection that can lead to acute organ dysfunction or failure and associated with host immune response to infection CLASSIFICATION • There is a disease continuum with increasing severity if not treated or not responsive to treatment o Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) - Documented or suspected infection with systemic manifestations of infection - Clinical response to a nonspecific insult of either infectious or…

Hypertension Pathology Atrial fibrillation is a common dysrhythmia characterized by disorganized atrial activity without discrete atrial contractions. Extremely rapid impulses bombard the AV node, causing an irregular ventricular response. The heartbeat in atrial fibrillation can range from 100-175 beats per minute (Mayo Clinic, 2015). Atrial fibrillation may occur suddenly and recur, or it may become chronic. It is common in patients with heart failure (Burke, 2016). Risk factors for atrial…

The cardiovascular system is a network composed of the heart and blood vessels to deliver oxygen and nutrients to all body tissues. However, there are similarities and differences between men and women, with respect to the structure and function of the cardiovascular system. According to a research, the size of the heart and major blood vessels are smaller in women than in men. Before puberty, there are no differences among sexes in relation to the size of the heart, but after puberty the…

meningitis when a test was run on the neonates CSF. During the second hour of hospitalization, the patient had an increased capillary refill time of 5 seconds and hypotension and bradycardia developed. Dopamine and dobutamine were given to the patient due to hypotension and administered levels were increased with increased persistence of hypotension. There was also leucopenia in the patient and prolonged coagulation, thrombocytopenia and a rise in the C reactive protein level (C reactive…

factors in the blood, the body recognises it has overcompensated and begins to break down the already formed clots. Disseminating intravascular coagulation results, where widespread bleeding occurs internally and externally, effectively worsening hypotension, decreasing perfusion, and contributing to multiple organ failure (Manchanda, Gupta, & Bhalla,…