Pulmonary hypertension

1. Describe the procedure/surgery and/or treatment and include associated complications I assisted in the care of two patients while in the critical care unit today. One of my patients was suffering from end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, while the other was experiencing an outbreak of shingles. The patient with end-stage COPD was a 57-year-old female patient, who has been hospitalized for shortness of breath related to her COPD numerous times in the past few months. Throughout my…

hypertrophy is results in pulmonary arterial hypertension with a symptom of syncope. However there is no consensus on how to interpret this symptoms with pulmonary arterial hypertension (Le et al 2011). The patient would require to have an echocardiogram to determine if he had right ventricular hypertrophy. The patient had the 24 hour BP monitor with normal blood pressure reading however as previously mentioned the abnormal results with a diastolic of 102mmHg which indicates hypertension. As…

This is a case study of a 76 year old female patient who is suffering from congestive cardiac failure. She has past medical history of hypertension, chronic renal failure, type 2 diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidaemia. She has been admitted in hospital several times recently and she was discharged 11 days ago from emergency department. Now she is suffering from dyspnoea and she feels like she can not catch her breath due to congestion of lungs. Her lower limbs feel like tree trunk due to oedema.…

have been identified with this deficiency, out of roughly 60, 000 patients. The authors then state, “It is possible that large numbers of affected patients are misclassified as patients with bronchial asthma or smoking-related chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).” (Köhnlein & Welte, 2008). The article did state as well that symptoms of this deficiency tend to show up in early adulthood. I believe, but am not positive, that my grandma did not experience any of the deficiency symptoms. I…

a tiny piece of catheter tube” (WebMD, 2016). There are several kinds of embolism if is in the deep vein, usually the leg, it would be referred to as deep vein thrombosis if the embolism breaks off and moves to the lungs it is considered to be a pulmonary embolism. “A…

(hypoproteinemia) E. Decreased intake: dehydration, altered mental status II. Altered renal hemodynamics resulting in hypoperfusion A. Low cardiac output state: diseases of the myocardium, valves, and pericardium (including tamponade); pulmonary hypertension or massive pulmonary embolism leading to right and left heart failure; impaired venous return (e.g., abdominal compartment syndrome or positive pressure ventilation) B. Systemic vasodilation: sepsis, antihypertensives, afterload…

undetected and untreated, how might this baby’s condition have progressed? (1 point) If this is left untreated she could develop high blood pressure in the lungs (pulmonary hypertension). This happens when too much blood circulating through the heart’s main arteries through a patent ductus arteriosus can lead to pulmonary hypertension which can cause permanent lung damage. A patent ductus arteriosus can eventually lead to heart failure. This happens because the heart is enlarged and weakened…

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ventricular pressure into the left atrium and pulmonary venous system leading to signs of pulmonary and systemic venous congestion. This decrease in preload results in a decrease in blood volume, especially during periods of increased activity or exercise, when blood is unable to move freely into the left ventricle. Consequently, this immobility causes a decrease in lung compliance, and an increase in the work of breathing, resulting in dyspnea. Pulmonary compliance is the degree of the lungs…

cause side effects that include anemia, kidney and liver complications that lead to hypertension, diabetes, increased time in healing, rise in the occurrences in infection, lymphoma, xerostomia with salivary glands, and…