Essays Tagged: "congestive heart failure"

Heart disease and women with reference to "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin.

as smoking, diabetes, obesity, and high blood pressure can cause the following problems: atheroma, congestive heart failure, heart valve problems, and eventually she would have to have a heart transp ... which affects all the major coronary arteries, often requires artery bypass surgery, (Goldmann 20).Congestive Heart Failure, otherwise known as CHF, sounds as if she has a tragic and deadly disease. ...

(6 pages) 53 0 1.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

CHF Health Promotion Education

Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) affects a more people because of the increased survival rate post hea ... touch the lives of the very community where the nurses live and serve.References:eMedicine. (2005). Congestive heart failure. Retrieved on Spetember 20, 2006 fromhttp://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic10 ... /xnet.kp.org/permanentejournal/winter00pj/competent.htmlGrossman, S. & Brown, D. F. (May 2006). Congestive heart failure and pulmonary edema.Retrieved on September 20, 2006 from http://www.emedici ...

(4 pages) 100 0 1.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Congestive Heart Failure

night with acute shortness of breath. He feels tired most of the time. John's medical diagnosis is Congestive heart failure.Congestive heart failure is a common syndrome in older adults and occurs in ... n older adults and occurs in approximately 7% to 10% of people 80 years and older (Resnick, 2004). "Congestive heart failure is a pathophysiologic condition in which the heart is unable to generate an ...

(15 pages) 234 1 3.8 Nov/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Case Study: Congestive Heart Failure

Diagnosis: The patient seems to be suffering from Dilated Congestive Cardiomyopathy (DCM), or in simple terms, congestive heart failure; specifically ventricu ...

(2 pages) 55 0 0.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Critical thinking

tments almost killed her. I convinced her to start treatment for a second time, but she ended up in congestive heart failure after only one treatment. She was hospitalized and then upon release from t ...

(5 pages) 29 0 0.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Malpractice

on Hospital on the 24th of November 1999 with a decubitus ulcer of the scrotal area and to rule-out congestive heart failure. His primary care physicians were Dr. Mark Gallini and Dr, Frank Ciampi. I ... on Hospital on the 24th of November 1999 with a decubitus ulcer of the scrotal area and to rule-out congestive heart failure. His primary care physicians were Dr. Mark Gallini and Dr, Frank Ciampi. I ...

(9 pages) 27 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Non Infectous Diseases

ibrillation "" the rapid ineffective beating of the heart in one of two chambers call ventricles 5. Congestive heart failure "" a slow gradual weakening of the heart muscle from overwork 6. Stroke "" ...

(1 pages) 8 0 0.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Arthur Miller

though they did not marry, they shared a home for two years. February 10, 2005, Miller had died of congestive heart failure. But today he lives on through his many awards and pieces of literature.Ref ...

(1 pages) 12 1 3.7 Sep/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Total Quality Management

SSMHC's staff members work together to make immediate patient care improvement with an emphasis on congestive heart failure and ischemic heart disease. This clinical collaboration has resulted in "mo ... ase. This clinical collaboration has resulted in "more than 80 percent of SSMHC's patients who have congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation receive coumadin treatment compared to the benchmar ...

(6 pages) 167 0 0.0 Dec/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Patient Counseling on Heart Medications

ablet you will be taking is 0.125 mg. Digoxin is indicated for the use in relieving the symptoms of congestive heart failure and/or atrial fibrillation. It is a drug that will help a weakened heart to ... se available because of renal insufficiency. Finally, digoxin was being used to relieve symptoms of congestive heart failure and the dosage needed to be decreased in patients' with renal insufficiency ...

(4 pages) 18 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Child Obesity

h related risks of obesity are due to coronary heart disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, congestive heart failure, obstructive sleep apnea, cancer, osteoarthritis, gallstones, women's repro ...

(7 pages) 50 0 0.0 Nov/2010

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology