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Interventions and Theoretical Application Interventions are needed from an interprofessional team to allow the patient their best chance of survival. Care of these patients can consist of nurses, physicians, surgeons, case managers, nursing assistants, nutritionists, pharmacists, and radiologists. These professionals are needed to diagnose, manage, and rehabilitate the patient during the acute care process (Ignatavicius, 2013, p.1322). The nurse can use the nursing theory of Modeling and Role…

Some BB help improves survival rates in patients because they improve the beta receptor pathway function. According to Boyle (2014), "A beta blocker should be initiated before hospital discharge or on an outpatient basis at a low dose and titrated slowly to target levels or maximally tolerated doses". Most beta blockers are usually…

Hypertension is the most common medical disorder in pregnancy ranging from 12% to 22%, and is directly responsible for 17.6% of maternal deaths in the United States (Davidson, 2012, p. 461). Hypertension in pregnancy is classified into four groups: preeclampsia-eclampsia, chronic hypertension, chronic hypertension with superimposed eclampsia, and gestational hypertension. The most common type of hypertensive disorder in pregnancy is preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a syndrome that affects…

3. Nanomedicine in the treatment of cardiovascular disease 3.1 Intervention in cardiovascular disease with liposome Delivery of therapeutics to targeted tissues is possible through the design and construction of nanoscale particles while reduced toxicity as well as higher efficiency is obtainable [67,68]. Liposomes have huge skillfulness with regard to physicochemical characteristics, permitting acclimatization of the tiny particle to dovetail to the exact biological application [69]. Building…

Introduction The use of animal models in research is most often justified based on the idea that humans and animals are related to a certain degree and hence data obtained from animal experimentation can be extrapolated and applied to humans. Evidently, this does not apply to all species even those who share anatomical similarities or are closely related from an evolutionary standpoint as physiological responses may vary. However, animal models are required simply because experimentation on…

treatment of long-acting bronchodilators (monotherapy of either long-acting muscarinic drug (LAMA) or long-acting beta2 antagonist (LABA) or a combination of both) therapy for persistent symptoms. Bronchodilators medication can increase FEV1, change airway smooth muscle tone, and improve expiratory flow, which can lead to airway widening. LAMA can prolong binding to M3 receptors which can lengthen bronchodilator…

levels to appear within fifteen to forty minutes. The effect that CAF can have is it can cross through the blood brain barrier without difficulty. In the brain, CAF competes with adenosine for binding sites (adenosine A2 receptor) in the central nervous system. CAF is the antagonist because it can block…

“The human body,” many of us don’t nearly realize what happens throughout the body, and if I’m being honest, neither did I, up until I took Anatomy and Physiology in high school and my freshman year of college. It is truly amazing, how many systems and functions one’s body has; from the smallest of molecules to the largest of organs, all working together to keep the one going. The entire body is made up of cells, all working hard making sure everything is working accordingly. From making swift…

1. Antibiotic resistance is a big problem and one that is getting worse. Use the CDC site or other sources to answer these questions about antibiotic resistance. Please site your sources. Answer each part in 2-3 sentences. (2 points) CDC site: http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/about.html a. Briefly describe practices that are contributing to antibiotic resistance. First, it must be understood that antibiotic resistance happens to some degree no matter what since bacteria are constantly…

Urticaria is a group of disorders that share a distinct skin reaction pattern, namely the occurrence of itchy wheals anywhere on the skin (Yosipovitch et al., 2002). Urticaria is characterized by raised, pink/erythematous skin lesions that range from a few millimeters in size to several centimeters and may coalesce. An important characteristic of urticaria is that they are evanescent, meaning that old lesions vanish as new ones appear during a span of 24 hours. Typically, urticarial lesions…