Hypercholesterolaemia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

CHOLESTEROL- HYPERLIPIDEMIA CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE ASSIGNMENT HELEN GAMADA NR511: DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS DR. MARGARET SMITH AUGUST 2019 INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE IN U.S. In 2015-2016- > 12% of adults had total cholesterol >240 mg/dL 18% had HDL level < 40 mg/dL 95 million U.S. adults age > 20 had total cholesterol level > 200 mg/dL Nearly 1 in 3 Americans have high cholesterol 29 million total cholesterol levels > 240 mg/dL 7% adolescents age 6-19 had high tot...

80-year-old woman comes to the urgent care clinic with dyspnoea on exertion. On physical examination, her blood pressure is 100/70, and her pulse is 75. She has no pulsus paradoxus. Her jugular veins are distended, and she has distant heart sounds. In addition, she has extra third and fourth heart sounds. Her liver is enlarged, and she has pedal oedema. She has occasional premature ventricular contractions on her electrocardiogram. A chest x-ray reveals clear lung fields with a dilated cardiac s...

Stroke is also known as? Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) or brain attack Stroke can occur in two main ways, what are they? (1) sudden blockage of cerebral arterial blood flow (ischaemic stroke) (2) rupturing of cerebral arteries (haemorrhagic stroke) List SOCIAL risk factors of stroke: (1) level of education (2) informed health decisions (3) access to healthcare List AGE related risk factors of stroke: Increase risk of suffering other debilitating conditions. List ETHNI...