The Importance Of Blood Test Experiments

A higher level of fats in the body puts the patient at higher risk for Cardiovascular diseases(CAD). The patient's' family has a history of CAD. Her mom and one of her sister have CAD (Lewis et al., 2014, pp. 733-734). The patient states that she has been taking her meds for cholesterol atorvastatin regularly. Her lipase level was 8272 on 11/11/16 and 2829 on 11/12/16 U/L 1069 on 11/13/16 (Ref range 73-393 U/L). Her HDL cholesterol level was 21 ( ref range>49 mg/dl), LDL Cholesterol level 148 ( ref range: <130 mg/dL). Patient statin drug was on hold because it is contradicted on the patient with an elevated level of ALT 80, 61(Ref range 0-50 U/L) and AST 61 on 11/12/16 and 64 on 11/13/16 (ref range 0-45 U/L). The uncontrolled level of could be the cause of concern for stroke or acute myocardial

The Nutritionist will be involved in lifestyle management protocols to educate the patient on food in take to help lower the LDL numbers and also weight management protocols to help in the lowering of the blood pressure.

In a study conducted in 1985 observing primates, it was determined that the major effect of dietary cholesterol is its LDL raising effects. High intakes of cholesterol increase the number of circulating LDL’s and it can also change its size and composition. [12] It was during this time period that the mechanisms by which SFA are thought to increase blood cholesterol concentrations came about. One mechanism for the increase in LDL cholesterol levels is the suppression of LDL receptor activity. Studies in tissue cultures have shown that increasing the cholesterol content of a cell will down-regulate synthesis of LDL receptors. [13] This will lead to an increase in concentration of blood cholesterol. Another cause for an increase in blood cholesterol concentration through intake of dietary SFA is the composition of the newly secreted lipoproteins. With a high saturated fat intake, the LDL’s become rich in cholesterol esters, leaving the triglycerides in the blood. [14] The use of non-human primates in

If a simple blood test could accurately diagnose a blood concussion, researchers hope that it will one day be used on the field with trainers, coaches and parents for developing a plan of action. According to the Centers for Disease control and prevention, analysts estimate that around 1,000,000 children have to be treated in hospitals for traumatic brain injury because of playing sports.

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Stroke is noted by Lee, Shafe and Cowie (2011) to be a major cause of both morbidity and mortality in the United Kingdom. It is estimated that close to 110,000 incidences of stroke occur in England annually (National Audit Office,2004) with recent studies reporting that the rate of incidence ranges between 1.36/1000 per year (Hippisley-Cox , Pringle , Ryan, 2004) and 1.62/100 per year between 2002 and 2004 (Rothwell et al,2004). Even though cases of deaths from stroke has decreased in the United Kingdom over the last forty years, stoke accounted to close to 46500 deaths in Wales and England in 2008 (accounted for 9 percent of all death cases (Lawlor et al,2002; Office for National Statistics,2008). The current United Kingdom health policy places a lot of emphasis on the reduction of stroke (Department of Health,2007,2008). Key to realizing this is the importance and need for better management of the vascular risk factors such as hypertension, high cholesterol, obesity, diabetes and atrial fibrillation. In this paper, we present an essay based on the assessment of care of an elderly patient suffering from six different pathologies with stroke (non-haemorrhagic) being our pathology of choice. A rationale for this choice is provided followed with the underlying pathophysiology of the chosen aspect of care and finally an evidenced based analysis of the nursing interventions required for the selected aspect of care.

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Blood Will Tell has helped me learn the history of blood in great detail with the help of class discussions and the way that the class is structured. In the course, I am able to keep up with the readings and notecards that are assigned each day of class. It is important to be able to keep up with the readings because it helps with understanding each chapter. Group discussion is also important when it comes to understanding details within the chapter. For example, group discussions are designed to help individuals discuss different topics that they find interesting. In most cases, when a topic is discussed I learn more about that topic and the different ways it can be interpreted. The group discussion also gives individuals the opportunity

The usage of anticoagulant therapy is one of the most common forms of medical intervention. The CHADS2 score is the simplest and most commonly used stroke- risk assessment tool since its implementation 2001. This scale is used to determine whether or not anticoagulation therapy is required for patients with episodic atrial fib. A higher CHADS2 score is directly related to a greater risk of stroke. The level of risk from a thrombotic event is determined by a score which is tallied by including five common stroke risk factors; congestive heart failure, hypertension, age, diabetes, and history of stroke. If a patient is positive for any of these risk factors they receive one point with the history of stroke getting 2 points (Camm et al, 2010).

As for lipoprotein test results, even though the high density lipoproteins (HDL) (1.6 mmol/L) is in the normal range (1.0 - 2.0 mmol/L), probably due to the impact of alcohol drinking, the high level of triglycerides (3.2 mmol/L, should under 1.7

1. The questions I have would include what happens if the employee received the shot and do not show immunity? How long does immunity take to show in the blood screening process? What about ineligible staff for vaccination and are there religious exemptions? People that are less than 6 months of age and allergic reaction history have a contraindication for receiving the flu shot and what the agency policy is to handle this population (CDC, 2016). The policy and the logistics of the program and who will financial back the program, what happens when an employee refuses and what is the timeline for compliance.

Genetic screening in newborns isn’t uncommon in today’s time. New screenings are done daily to show if there are any lifelong disorders (New York State). If there is an early recognition treatment can be started early and help the child live a better life. The type of disorders and the heritance are different in every state (Starkweather, 2017). Monitoring newborns and disorders are important because it can sometimes be treated. Testing is done on all newborns in New York State.

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Annual testing for abnormalities in fasting serum cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL cholesterol, and calculated LDL cholesterol levels (ADA, 2008)

Now that you know about blood and its responsibility in the body have you figured out what kind you have? Probably not, that's what scientist are here for, they can tell you. Blood typing helps with many things, like when you are sick you can get someone elses blood. Your blood works hard to keep you from getting sick and tries to destroy tumors. your blood helps regulate the oxygen in it and around the body.