An understanding of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems is a critically important component of disease diagnosis and treatment. This importance is magnified by the fact that these two systems work so closely together. A variety of factors and circumstances that impact the emergence and severity of issues in one system can have a role in the performance of the other.
Effective disease analysis often requires an understanding that goes beyond these systems and their capacity to work together. The impact of patient characteristics, as well as racial and ethnic variables, can also have an important impact.
An understanding of the symptoms of alterations in cardiovascular and respiratory systems is a critical step in diagnosis and treatment of many diseases. For APRNs this understanding can also help educate patients and guide them through their treatment plans.
In this Assignment, you examine a case study and analyze the symptoms presented. You identify the elements that may be factors in the diagnosis, and you explain the implications to patient health.
Case Study/Scenario
76-year-old female patient complains of weight gain, shortness of breath, peripheral edema, and abdominal swelling. She has a history of congestive heart failure and admits to not taking her diuretic, as it makes her âhave to get up every couple hours to go to the bathroom.â She now must sleep on two pillows in order to get enough air.
In your Case Study Analysis related to the scenario provided, explain the following
⢠The cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary pathophysiologic processes that result in the patient presenting these symptoms.
⢠Any racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning.
⢠How these processes interact to affect the patient.
Sample Solution
agreement on 16 October for abolition of visas amongst them (Ali, 2001). The RCD initiated to speech itself to the possibility of some very ambitious projects. In October 1964 Ministerial Council of the RCD meeting which was arranged in Tehran called for the preparation of a preliminary report on the setting up of a joint airline. That project was tracked for a long time but it proved a non-starter. At the same time another RCD project related to the formation of a conference arrangement between Pakistan, Iran and Turkey for pooling their traffic and ships on specific and agreed routes as a first phase towards the establishing of a joint maritime line (Ali, 2001). Develop of the RCD Joint Shipping Lines March 1965 Few months later on March 15, 1965, Turkey, Iran and Pakistan agreed to develop the RCD joint shipping lines. That meeting was organized in Istanbul which attended by the representatives of all of these three countries. An agreement was sanctioned; as per that accord Pakistan will provide 50%, Iran 35% and Turkey 15% shares for the said shipping lines which were decided to be made operational within a short span of a year. (Dawn 16 March 1965). In 1965 both countries Pakistan and Turkey started a program for technical education. Under that program 122 fellowships and scholarships were awarded and 11 experts were exchanged others this six seminars were conducted and five publications were published between two countries. In March 1965 a joint airline project was formerly conceived by the Regional Planning Council and>
agreement on 16 October for abolition of visas amongst them (Ali, 2001). The RCD initiated to speech itself to the possibility of some very ambitious projects. In October 1964 Ministerial Council of the RCD meeting which was arranged in Tehran called for the preparation of a preliminary report on the setting up of a joint airline. That project was tracked for a long time but it proved a non-starter. At the same time another RCD project related to the formation of a conference arrangement between Pakistan, Iran and Turkey for pooling their traffic and ships on specific and agreed routes as a first phase towards the establishing of a joint maritime line (Ali, 2001). Develop of the RCD Joint Shipping Lines March 1965 Few months later on March 15, 1965, Turkey, Iran and Pakistan agreed to develop the RCD joint shipping lines. That meeting was organized in Istanbul which attended by the representatives of all of these three countries. An agreement was sanctioned; as per that accord Pakistan will provide 50%, Iran 35% and Turkey 15% shares for the said shipping lines which were decided to be made operational within a short span of a year. (Dawn 16 March 1965). In 1965 both countries Pakistan and Turkey started a program for technical education. Under that program 122 fellowships and scholarships were awarded and 11 experts were exchanged others this six seminars were conducted and five publications were published between two countries. In March 1965 a joint airline project was formerly conceived by the Regional Planning Council and>
