rajiv gandhi university of health science, bangalore, karnataka
... 6.0 INTRODUCTION:Hypertension is a condition of having high blood pressure. It is a persistent elevation of the systolic blood pressure at a level of 140 mmHg or higher and the diastolic blood pressure at a level of 90 mmHg or higher.1 Hypertension is directly responsible for 57% of all stroke death ...
... 6.0 INTRODUCTION:Hypertension is a condition of having high blood pressure. It is a persistent elevation of the systolic blood pressure at a level of 140 mmHg or higher and the diastolic blood pressure at a level of 90 mmHg or higher.1 Hypertension is directly responsible for 57% of all stroke death ...
Renal dysfunction in African patients with acute heart failure
... Hospitalization for acute heart failure is also associated with further worsening renal function (WRF) in 30–50% of patients, depending on the definition used.8,9 Typical predictors of WRF in these patients are baseline chronic kidney disease, history of hypertension and diabetes, age, and use of di ...
... Hospitalization for acute heart failure is also associated with further worsening renal function (WRF) in 30–50% of patients, depending on the definition used.8,9 Typical predictors of WRF in these patients are baseline chronic kidney disease, history of hypertension and diabetes, age, and use of di ...
Minority ethnic groups with type 2 diabetes
... Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, and a Staff Nurse, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham. ...
... Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, and a Staff Nurse, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham. ...
Biochem 34 [5-29
... Mature HDL are HDL3; undergoes reverse cholesterol transport and becomes artherogenic protective form HDL2; CETP rxn will then lead to loss of cholesterol and gain of triacylglycerol and regenerate HDL3; hepatic lipase then removes triacylglycerol to regenerate HDL2 Lipoprotein enter cells by recept ...
... Mature HDL are HDL3; undergoes reverse cholesterol transport and becomes artherogenic protective form HDL2; CETP rxn will then lead to loss of cholesterol and gain of triacylglycerol and regenerate HDL3; hepatic lipase then removes triacylglycerol to regenerate HDL2 Lipoprotein enter cells by recept ...
A survey was conducted on assessment of knowledge about first aid
... and safety. India is home to nearly 500 million young people among whom children less than 15 years are 37% (370 million). Since India's independence, continuous efforts have been made to improve the status of children. The large burden of communicable, infectious and nutritional disorders is gradua ...
... and safety. India is home to nearly 500 million young people among whom children less than 15 years are 37% (370 million). Since India's independence, continuous efforts have been made to improve the status of children. The large burden of communicable, infectious and nutritional disorders is gradua ...
Association of Functional and Health Status Measures in Heart Failure
... Background: A wide variety of instruments have been used to assess the functional capabilities and health status of patients with chronic heart failure (I-F), but it is not known how well these tests are correlated with one another, nor which one has the best association with measured exercise capac ...
... Background: A wide variety of instruments have been used to assess the functional capabilities and health status of patients with chronic heart failure (I-F), but it is not known how well these tests are correlated with one another, nor which one has the best association with measured exercise capac ...
Making Sense of Statistics
... reduction of symptoms were found between the treatment and placebo groups, most of these differences were small, and were also not considered to be of any clinical significance. In conclusion, if the experimental group has lower odds, the OR will be less than 1; if the control group has lower odds, ...
... reduction of symptoms were found between the treatment and placebo groups, most of these differences were small, and were also not considered to be of any clinical significance. In conclusion, if the experimental group has lower odds, the OR will be less than 1; if the control group has lower odds, ...
NaProTECHNOLOGY
... Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945, in 1928, while working on influenza virus, Fleming observed that mould had developed accidentally on a staphylococcus culture plate and that the mould had created a bacteriafree circle around itself. He was inspired to further experim ...
... Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945, in 1928, while working on influenza virus, Fleming observed that mould had developed accidentally on a staphylococcus culture plate and that the mould had created a bacteriafree circle around itself. He was inspired to further experim ...
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ace
... <60 years); ACE inhibitors; and long-acting dihydropyridine calcium antagonists as first-line agents.7 The Captopril Prevention Project (CAPPP) was a prospective intervention trial that compared cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in uncomplicated hypertensive patients receiving an ACE inhibitor ...
... <60 years); ACE inhibitors; and long-acting dihydropyridine calcium antagonists as first-line agents.7 The Captopril Prevention Project (CAPPP) was a prospective intervention trial that compared cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in uncomplicated hypertensive patients receiving an ACE inhibitor ...
... to determine a person‘s current nutrition status and needs to develop a plan for improvement to monitor the outcomes of interventions to decide when to change the care plan Some facilities develop a nutrition screening process to identify who needs a full nutrition assessment. They choose ri ...
Dialogues T Celebrating a Decade of The Tree of Cardiovascular Knowledge
... filling, the heart contracts more strongly to eject the increased volume. The heart compensates for both increased pressure and volume work by dilatation within physiological limits, but can become decompensated by overdilatation. Starling’s thesis, which put together much that had already been appr ...
... filling, the heart contracts more strongly to eject the increased volume. The heart compensates for both increased pressure and volume work by dilatation within physiological limits, but can become decompensated by overdilatation. Starling’s thesis, which put together much that had already been appr ...
Series Maternal and Child Undernutrition 1 Maternal and child
... Z score of less than –2) is 10% (55 million children). South-central Asia is estimated to have the highest prevalence (16%) and numbers affected (29 million). The same regional pattern is seen for severe wasting (weight-for-height Z score of less than –3), often used as a criterion for therapeutic fe ...
... Z score of less than –2) is 10% (55 million children). South-central Asia is estimated to have the highest prevalence (16%) and numbers affected (29 million). The same regional pattern is seen for severe wasting (weight-for-height Z score of less than –3), often used as a criterion for therapeutic fe ...
Heart failure - chronic Scenario: Suspected chronic heart failure due
... If body weight is to be monitored at home, normal fluctuations in body weight should be minimized: weighing should be at the same time each day (for example, after waking and voiding, but before before dressing or eating). o If there is a sudden and sustained gain in weight (for example more than 2 ...
... If body weight is to be monitored at home, normal fluctuations in body weight should be minimized: weighing should be at the same time each day (for example, after waking and voiding, but before before dressing or eating). o If there is a sudden and sustained gain in weight (for example more than 2 ...
Aspirin Use and All-Cause Mortality Among Patients Being
... Context Although aspirin has been shown to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and short-term mortality following acute myocardial infarction, the association between its use and long-term all-cause mortality has not been well defined. Objectives To determine whether aspirin is associated with a mortali ...
... Context Although aspirin has been shown to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and short-term mortality following acute myocardial infarction, the association between its use and long-term all-cause mortality has not been well defined. Objectives To determine whether aspirin is associated with a mortali ...
Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease
... High blood pressure can increase your chances of getting kidney failure. For most people with diabetes and kidney disease, blood pressure should be less than 130/80. You will probably need a medication called an ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) inhibitor or an ARB (angiotensin receptor blocker) ...
... High blood pressure can increase your chances of getting kidney failure. For most people with diabetes and kidney disease, blood pressure should be less than 130/80. You will probably need a medication called an ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) inhibitor or an ARB (angiotensin receptor blocker) ...
Nonpharmacologic Management and Health Care Maintenance in
... Health Care Maintenance in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure Overview Nonpharmacologic management strategies represent an important contribution to heart failure (HF) therapy. They may significantly impact patient stability, functional capacity, mortality, and quality of life. Most of the recommen ...
... Health Care Maintenance in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure Overview Nonpharmacologic management strategies represent an important contribution to heart failure (HF) therapy. They may significantly impact patient stability, functional capacity, mortality, and quality of life. Most of the recommen ...
Six minute corridor walk test as an outcome measure for the
... walked and because such activity is familiar, it may be more representative of patients’ everyday experience. The 6MWT has been used as an outcome measure in clinical trials since 1988, but its ability to distinguish between effective or ineffective interventions in patients with heart failure has n ...
... walked and because such activity is familiar, it may be more representative of patients’ everyday experience. The 6MWT has been used as an outcome measure in clinical trials since 1988, but its ability to distinguish between effective or ineffective interventions in patients with heart failure has n ...
Jounral Fall 2003.pmd - California State University, Long Beach
... Guidelines for Americans, which is a joint publication of the Departments of Health and Human Services(HHS) and Agriculture (USDA), was released on May 30, 2000, to provide accurate and reliable advice for preventing obesity using what they called weight-for-height charts, a variation on the traditi ...
... Guidelines for Americans, which is a joint publication of the Departments of Health and Human Services(HHS) and Agriculture (USDA), was released on May 30, 2000, to provide accurate and reliable advice for preventing obesity using what they called weight-for-height charts, a variation on the traditi ...
Health Related Quality of Life in Children with Osteoporosis: By
... of childhood chronic illness is limited. Part of this problem may be that there are no accepted criteria for defining childhood chronic illness nor agreement on whether or not this definition should include both physical and mental illnesses (Newacheck & Stoddard, 1994). Statistics Canada reports on ...
... of childhood chronic illness is limited. Part of this problem may be that there are no accepted criteria for defining childhood chronic illness nor agreement on whether or not this definition should include both physical and mental illnesses (Newacheck & Stoddard, 1994). Statistics Canada reports on ...
Heart failure in African Americans - Association of Black Cardiologists
... risk of death or decline in functional status than whites.7 Heart failure also occurs earlier in African Americans. Bibbins-Domingo et al8 reported that heart failure before age 50 was 20 times more frequent in African Americans than in whites. Functional and structural cardiac changes appeared an a ...
... risk of death or decline in functional status than whites.7 Heart failure also occurs earlier in African Americans. Bibbins-Domingo et al8 reported that heart failure before age 50 was 20 times more frequent in African Americans than in whites. Functional and structural cardiac changes appeared an a ...
SODIUM, POTASSIUM, AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE Learning Objectives
... persons with hypertension, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease. Group 2 consisted of those who should limit sodium intake to less than 2,300 mg/day (everyone else). The average sodium consumption of group 1 was 3,264 mg/day, and that of group 2 was 3,513 mg/day. Furthermore, 98.6% of group 1 and 88. ...
... persons with hypertension, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease. Group 2 consisted of those who should limit sodium intake to less than 2,300 mg/day (everyone else). The average sodium consumption of group 1 was 3,264 mg/day, and that of group 2 was 3,513 mg/day. Furthermore, 98.6% of group 1 and 88. ...
Guide to management of hypertension 2008
... Blood pressure and health Higher levels of blood pressure (BP) are strongly associated with increasing rates of cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular events and death. Observational studies show that the lower the BP, the lower the risk of stroke, coronary heart disease, chronic kidney disease (CK ...
... Blood pressure and health Higher levels of blood pressure (BP) are strongly associated with increasing rates of cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular events and death. Observational studies show that the lower the BP, the lower the risk of stroke, coronary heart disease, chronic kidney disease (CK ...
lifestyle medicine – evidence review
... It is more specific (i.e., prescriptive) in its use of lifestyle interventions Stronger evidence base than most alternative therapies Includes fewer treatment options; does not include the vast array of therapies that are used in alternative therapy It is not used in place of conventional me ...
... It is more specific (i.e., prescriptive) in its use of lifestyle interventions Stronger evidence base than most alternative therapies Includes fewer treatment options; does not include the vast array of therapies that are used in alternative therapy It is not used in place of conventional me ...
Between the Probe and the Pump
... In Paper I compiled baseline values were established before and after sternotomy for central haemodynamic and echocardiographic parameters, including the TDI myocardial motion variables velocity, strain rate, strain and displacement. Blood pressure and heart rate changed significantly after sternoto ...
... In Paper I compiled baseline values were established before and after sternotomy for central haemodynamic and echocardiographic parameters, including the TDI myocardial motion variables velocity, strain rate, strain and displacement. Blood pressure and heart rate changed significantly after sternoto ...
Basic information for as PDF
... The NuTRIflex® system is adapted for nutritional support to patients with various diseases and requirements. Our products have got specific pharmacological properties such as the amino acid profile, MCT/LCT lipid emulsion, carbohydrate/lipid ratios, glucose concentrations, anti-oxidants, electrolyte ...
... The NuTRIflex® system is adapted for nutritional support to patients with various diseases and requirements. Our products have got specific pharmacological properties such as the amino acid profile, MCT/LCT lipid emulsion, carbohydrate/lipid ratios, glucose concentrations, anti-oxidants, electrolyte ...