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    filtration rate. Long term complication can lead to end stage renal failure which places patient to be on long-term dialysis. The incidence of chronic kidney is on a constant rise. The main cause of chronic disease is diabetes in combination with hypertension. In the United States, there are an estimated 25 million people who have been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and the prevalence is especially high among the elderly with approximately ten million cases in those over the age of 77

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    Sunitinib Research Paper

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    Sunitinib is first line recommendation due to its success in studies along with a tolerable side effect profile. Some of these adverse effects include mucositis, stomatitis, altered taste, anorexia, dyspepsia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, hypertension, asthenia, fatigue, fever, peripheral edema, rash, hand-foot syndrome, skin discoloration, dry skin, hair color changes, back pain, arthralgia, extremity pain, cough, or dyspnea (6,8). Pazopanib is a small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor

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    Effects of Dehydration According to Thomas Fuller (1732), “When the well is dry everybody will know the value of water”. Dehydration occurs when the human body loses fluids, especially water more than what is consumed. Therefore, the body loses fluids from an illness, physical exertion, or excessive sweating. Water is the secret of life; the human body fifty to seventy percent is made up of water, and it is important for most body functions. Additionally, the amount of water in man’s body, usually

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    1. In Adults, blood Pressure readings where systolic and diastolic pressures fall below 120/80, are considered normal Ranges are for hypertension:  high–normal blood pressure – between 120/80 and 140/90  high blood pressure – equal to or more than 140/90  Very high blood pressure – equal to or more than 180/110. 2. Part (a) I would report to the registered nurse, doctor or designated team leader the Patients respiratory rate and oxygen saturation that I documented. Part (b) my responsibility

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    Stroke Definition

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    This will form a gradually enlarging hematoma (blood pool). Intracerebral Haemorrhages can be caused by local vessel abnormalities (hypertension, vasculitis, vascular malformation) or systemic factors (drugs, trauma, tumours and sickle cell anaemia/leukaemia). Haemorrhaging directly damages brain tissue and raises intracranial pressure giving headaches, vomiting nausea and eventually coma

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    Oxidative Stress Essay

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    due to blood vessel formation (Larson et al. 2012). An individual who may use this to supplement their physical activity would be someone most likely trying to avoid disease. For instance, in stage 1 hypertension, unhealthy, or has an obese gene. Sustained high blood pressure can result in hypertension which is a precursor to the development of cardiac and/or renal hypertrophy (Duarte et al. 2001). Seen in prior animal studies and in Edwards et al. (2007) the patient must be at a specific range (over

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    Basal Ganglia Hemorrhage

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    Basal ganglia hemorrhage With hypertension Kirsten Flores I chose to discuss the basal ganglia hemorrhage with hypertension. This is a large hemorrhage in the brain of a person who has hypertension, which can cause a stroke (Klatt M.D., E. C. (n.d.). The basal ganglia part of the brain controls many important aspects such as movement, muscle control, vision and sensation (Fletcher, J. (n.d.). Uncontrolled high blood pressure can cause arteries to rupture, which then releases blood into the brain

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    this is not enough to re-establish cardiac output, causing the action of this system to be upregulated and blood volume to increase further. This is detrimental to the already failing heart. A new drug, aliskiren, affects the pathophysiology of hypertension and heart failure by directly inhibiting renin, a mechanism that is distinct from current therapeutic agents that also target the RAAS, such as ACE inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers. This gives potential benefits by blocking the RAAS

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    general idea of diabetes mellitus, epidemiology, role factors and complications that arise from it, comparing and exhibiting the distinctions between type I & type II diabetes, the people who are in jeopardy of developing diabetic renal diseases and hypertension due to the complications & identifying the general pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus & the long term complications that may transpire. Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Mellitus is one of the very prevalent metabolic diseases that affect

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    LeMone et al. (2014) hypertension is the excess pressure in the arterial area of the systemic circulation. hypertension is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. It is a nurses responsibility to monitor and stabilise the patient 's Blood pressure as it is a major force for the blood to travel around the body. Without a stable blood pressure blood cannot deliver fresh blood with oxygen and nutrients systemically (high blood pressure research council of Australia, 2008). Hypertension leads to an increased

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