Pulmonary edema

the blood towards the heart when we move our legs. Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism are together called venous thromboembolism. “The incidence of VTE is 10% to 20% in general medical patients and up to 80% in critically ill patients” (Hinkle & Cheever, 2014, P. 846). DVT is where a blood clot or thrombus forms in a deep vein and It partially…

“Prevention is better than cure,” stands good for the current issue-“An attempt to cut back the Pulmonary Embolism (PE) related death rate,” if everyone can follow the simple preventive measures and get diagnosed on time. The truth is, anyone can suffer a PE or deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which is the most common trigger for PE. The recent striking rise in cases of PE has provoked me to focus on this and thus alert every person possible to follow every possible preventive measure to avoid /delay…

STRUCTURE The heart wall is composed of three layers of tissues: pericardium, myocardium and endocardium (Wilson, Waugh and Ross, 1996). Label structures of the heart for the diagram. Aorta is the major artery that carries oxygenated blood to the body. Pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood from the lungs into the heart. Left atrium is one of the left upper chambers that takes oxygenated blood from the lungs and pumps it into the left ventricle which carries it to the body (MedicineNet, 2016).…

The article, Mass Transport in an Anatomically Realistic Human Right Coronary Artery, written by M.R Kaazempur-Mofrad and C.R. Ethier, analyzes mass transport patterns in a realistic right coronary artery model and looks at what affects mass transport from blood to the wall of the artery. The researchers were looking for any relationships between atherosclerosis, a disease of the arteries characterized by built up plaque on their inner walls, and hemodynamic and mass transport patterns. To…

known as a congenital heart defect or the more common term is the transposition of the great arteries(TGA). TGA is when the two main arteries, the pulmonary artery and the aorta, are switched in position, or "transposed". As a normal heart, deoxygenated blood returning to the heart from the body is pumped from the right side of the heart through the pulmonary artery to the lungs and to the left side of the heart then back out to the rest of the body with oxygenated blood and the cycle repeats.…

Pulmonary embolism What is pulmonary embolism? Pulmonary embolism is the medical term for a blood clot that travels to the pulmonary artery. The condition usually causes the sudden onset of chest pain and difficulty breathing. It can also cause you to cough up blood. Pulmonary embolism is a leading cause of death in the United states. Due to the importance of this condition, it is critical that patients understand its causes, symptoms, and treatment. By the end of this article, you will have…

Deoxygentated blood with which the blood flows into and out of the organ. Deoxygenated blood enters through the venae cava fills the right atrium (RA) and right ventricle (RV) through the tricuspid valve. Then, RV contracts pushing the blood to pulmonary circuit and returns oxygenated from the lungs and travels to left atrium (LA) and left atrium (LA) through the mitral valve. Left ventricle can be seen encased with thicker muscle in comparison to that…

Fetal circulation differs greatly from that of a newborn heart. Although, outwardly appearances may seem similar. By taking an internal look we may be able to distinguish four adaptations that fetal hearts undergo while in utero. First, we must understand that the fetus receives all blood and nutrients from the parental placenta. The fetus receives this blood from the placenta through the umbilical vein. This is the first adaptation that we see in the fetal cardiovascular circulatory system.…

60,000 to 100.000 Americans die of DVT and also PE (pulmonary embolism). 10 to 30 % of people will die within a month of diagnosis. Of the people who have had a DVT, one half will have lifelong complications called post thrombolytic syndrome. swelling, pain and scaling in the affected area. 33% of people diagnosed…

If the DVT were to break loose from the vessel wall on which it formed, then the patient is at risk of other harmful conditions, including pulmonary embolism. Depending on the size of the clot, PE can become fatal due to restricting the circulation of oxygen throughout the body. From reviewing the three articles, it can be concluded that knee-length graduated compression stockings are an effective…