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the equipment was functional, however, this data was not recorded. Heart rate was also measured continuously from the QRS complex using electrocardiography (ECG) and spot electrodes placed on the right and left clavicle and lower left rib. Blood pressure (BP) was also continuously measured, this time from the left index finger using a Portapres Model-2? (Finapres Medical Systems, Amsterdam, the Netherlands). The data was continuously sampled at 200 Hz? using an analogue-digital converter…

person, rebellion changes with the situation. This is exhibited in many ways in real life and literature. In Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi employs graphic and textual elements and strategies on pages 3 and 117 to illustrate how the increasing amount of pressure and violence that is put on Marji and her living environment cause her to rebel more frequently and in more severe ways. In the last panel on page three, Satrapi uses graphic…

serious. It affects the skin, muscles, blood vessels, and organs. The cause of scleroderma is unknown and there is no cure for this disease at this time. Someone that has this chronic illness will be likely to experience high vital signs. Their blood pressure will rise due to the blood vessels stiffening, which will result in their pulse rising. Their respiration will rise due to their lungs…

pulmonary edema due to an increased hyperstatic pressure. Globally, she has systemic hypertension a result of vascular spasms and increased heart rate. Symptomatically she feels hot, sweaty, and anxious due to vasoconstriction (increasing heat retention) stimulation of sweat glands, and increased norepinephrine. The cardiovascular system is dynamic and always changing to regulate blood flow to essential organs. Hypertension elevates the blood pressure within the ventricles which compresses the…

Achalasia refers to a rare disease of the muscle of the lower esophageal body and the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) that prevents relaxation of the sphincter and inability of the muscles to contract, or absence of peristalsis, of the esophagus. LES pressure and relaxation are regulated by excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters however, patients with achalasia lack these nonadrenergic, noncholinergic inhibitory ganglion cells thus, causing imbalance between the excitatory and inhibitory…

paramedics do? They take your vital signs. Why is this one may ask? Are they that important? Vital signs are vital, hence the reason they are called vital signs. There are four main vital signs that get taken. They include pulse, respirations, blood pressure, and temperature. The patient 's level of pain is also sometimes considered another vital sign. When it comes to taking vital signs a person will develop their own pattern in the order they take each vital sign. Vital signs are taken almost…

Like every drug, atropine has side effects. Common side effects that atropine causes are dry mouth, blurred vison, urinary retention, tachycardia, constipation, hyper/hypotension, convulsions, fatigue, headaches and increased intraocular pressure. For emergency uses, the doses needed to treat an adult patient with symptomatic bradycardia would be 0.5-1.0 mg IV, 2 mg ET. It may be repeated every 3-5 mins up to 3.0 mg. The dosage needed to treat or restore cardiac function in bradyasystolic…

Thank you for responding on my post. I agreed your statement that heart failure is complex diagnosis also pharmacological treatments depends on the condition type, severity, etiology. Heart failure is one of the most frequent cardiac diagnosis for hospitalization to patient, the undesirable effect of long term coronary artery disease also increase prevalence of heart failure (Ciccone,2016). Congestive heart failure (CHF) or heart failure most commonly refer as decompensation and cardiac…

People can get some sodium and iodine from salt, but consuming too much salt is harmful. The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that people should consume less than five grams of salt per day because consuming too much salt will increase blood pressure, cause heart attacks and increase cancer rates. All of the governments should educate citizens to intake less salt. Some countries have already tried to use different methods to tell citizens to eat less salt. People have a long history of…

skeletal muscle demand, until maximum oxygen consumption is reached (2). Ventilation will increase so more oxygen is being consumed and more carbon dioxide (CO2) is offloaded; cardiac output (the product of stroke volume and heart rate) and blood pressure will also increase to pump the required oxygen around the body (1,2). Vasodilation will also occur peripherally as blood flow to the working skeletal muscles increases in order to supply more oxygen, and remove carbon…