Ischemia

ulcers and sore throats; chamomile is a safe treatment for children’s stomach upsets and garlic contains fungicides and is used in the treatment of various infections. Sharon Palmer states “Research indicates that plant-based diets reduce the risk of ischemia, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes; lower blood pressure, reduce body mass, and reduce cancer rate.” It is known that there isn’t a one hundred percent proven cure for cancer, however a plant-based diet has been well-studied on its…

The primary survey carried out in ED for Mrs. Kelly included assessment of the airway, breathing, circulation, disability, exposure, fluids, and glucose levels (utilization of A-G assessment format). The assessment of the airway showed no signs of obstruction or noisy breathing and the patient was breathing spontaneously, able to talk in full sentences. The airway assessment is done to ensure that airway is patent (Jarvis, 2012). Mrs. Kelly’s airway was open and this assessment is usually…

or ventilation difficulties, and increased brain swelling are some of the clinical situations where planed delayed recovery should be considered.17 Other considerations may include surgery involving eloquent areas of the brain, significant brain ischemia, and posterior fossa lesions. Cai et al reported a rate of 49.8% of delayed extubation out of 800 patients.46 Although data may be limited, the criteria for delayed extubation after intracranial surgery have been described in reviews and…

heal slower and have the possibility to progress from acute inflammation to chronic inflammation. Mr. Jones’ diabetes causes increased serum glucose levels, vascular changes that lead to microcirculation and glycosylated hemoglobin, causing tissue ischemia (peripheral vascular disease (PVD), neuropathy) related to decreased oxygen release to tissue. During an acute inflammation, insulin needs are increased and Mr. Jones’ wound becomes more compromised. Increased serum glucose and tissue…

results into cardiac adaptation thus the athlete’s heart; a physiological cardiac hypertrophy (Gielen et al., 2010). Lastly, this also prevents the impaired systolic and diastolic cardiac function that come with some short term challenges such as ischemia/ reperfusion and doxorubicin (Gielen et al., 2010). All these increase the efficiency of the heart thus its health and well being (Gielen et al., 2010). When the heart is functioning well the blood is able to be pumped throughout the body to…

Definition and Pathophysiology The leading cause of PVD/PAD is atherosclerosis of the arteries. Atherosclerosis occurs when deposits of lipids and cholesterol obstruct and harden the arteries. This leads to progressive narrowing of the artery. When this takes place in the peripheral vessels, blood flow id compromised to the lower extremities, and is known as PVD/PAD. There are actually three types of Peripheral Vascular Disease. Type 1(10-15% of patients) involves the aorta and ileac…

THE CAUSES OF HEART ATTACK The onset of heart attack is a result of a portion of cardiac muscle having necrosis, which is caused by an obstruction of a coronary artery through artherosclerosis, a thrombus or spasm. Heart attack often occurs when the flow of oxygen-rich blood to a section of the heart muscle becomes blocked which is mostly a result of coronary heart disease (NIH, 2012). According to National Institutes (NIH), Coronary heart disease is a condition that is as a result of a waxy…

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome The thoracic outlet is an area between the clavicle and the thoracic cage, located between the shoulder and the neck (Boezaart et al., 2010). Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) is a disorder characterized by the compression of neurovascular structures as they pass through the thoracic outlet, resulting in multiple diverse symptoms (Boezaart et al., 2010). By far the most common neurovascular structure affected by TOS is the brachial plexus, with 95-98% cases caused by its…

men on her side of the family have died relatively young from heart attacks. Her past medical history includes hypothyroidism, diabetes type 2, peptic ulcer disease, acute kidney disease, seizures, coronary artery disease, hypertension, transient ischemia, uterine cancer, and non-hodgkins lymphoma. Her mood is pleasant with spats of feeling down relating to her recent admission and health problems. She however remains optimistic that this time around the doctors will figure out a good medication…

Introduction: Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) is a heterogeneous myocardial disease first described nine decades ago in 1926, by Grant et al (Medicine et al. 2014). At that time and still today, LVNC has been characterized by three primary criteria: prominent ventricular trabeculations, deep intertrabecular recesses, and the development of two distinct layers of myocardium, compacted and noncompacted (Chin et al. 1990). Similar to Grant et al’s original case, the majority of early…