NURS 3550 Test 2 exam with correct answers
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Contributors |of |HTN |- |✔✔💯- |diabetes
- |obesity
- |smoking
- |lipids
HTN |Patho |- |✔✔💯- |thickened |L |ventricular |muscle |> |increased |size |of |myocardial |muscle
|cells/increased |fibrosis
- |endothelial |dysfunction |> |reduced |nitric |oxide |bioavailability |> |reduced |arterial |compliance, |
increased |arterial |stiffness |> |LV |remodelling |& |CAD |> |increased |afterload |> |CVD |(HF, |LVH, |MI)
HTN |- |✔✔💯- |silent |killer
- |95% |is |essential |or |primary
- |under |diagnosed
- |under |treated
- |end |organ |damage |occurs |over |time
- |renal |failure, |heart |failure, |stroke |etc.
Causative |Theories |of |HTN |- |✔✔💯- |dysfunctional |BP |regulating |mechanisms
- |genetic |predisposition
- |multi-factorial
- |heredity
- |overactive |RAAS |
- |obesity, |diet, |stress |
>primary: |90-95% |of |people
>secondary: |only |5-10% |in |adults |but |80% |or |greater |in |children |(may |be |congenital |in |nature |of |renal
|disease, |complication |of |brain |tumours, |result |of |sympathetic |stimulants, |pregnancy |induced, |
endocrine |disorders |such |as |phceochromocytomatous)
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Contributors |of |HTN |- |✔✔💯- |diabetes
- |obesity
- |smoking
- |lipids
HTN |Patho |- |✔✔💯- |thickened |L |ventricular |muscle |> |increased |size |of |myocardial |muscle
|cells/increased |fibrosis
- |endothelial |dysfunction |> |reduced |nitric |oxide |bioavailability |> |reduced |arterial |compliance, |
increased |arterial |stiffness |> |LV |remodelling |& |CAD |> |increased |afterload |> |CVD |(HF, |LVH, |MI)
HTN |- |✔✔💯- |silent |killer
- |95% |is |essential |or |primary
- |under |diagnosed
- |under |treated
- |end |organ |damage |occurs |over |time
- |renal |failure, |heart |failure, |stroke |etc.
Causative |Theories |of |HTN |- |✔✔💯- |dysfunctional |BP |regulating |mechanisms
- |genetic |predisposition
- |multi-factorial
- |heredity
- |overactive |RAAS |
- |obesity, |diet, |stress |
>primary: |90-95% |of |people
>secondary: |only |5-10% |in |adults |but |80% |or |greater |in |children |(may |be |congenital |in |nature |of |renal
|disease, |complication |of |brain |tumours, |result |of |sympathetic |stimulants, |pregnancy |induced, |
endocrine |disorders |such |as |phceochromocytomatous)