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cardiovascular exam

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cardiovascular exam cardiovascular exam CARDIAC EXAMINATION It is performed as a part of physical examination. At the bedside, it makes sense to have a rough sheet written with all information that needs to be collected while working up a patient. Cardiovascular assessment will help to identify significant factors that can influence cardiovascular health HISTORY SHEET: A patient history sheet should contain patient personal details which include Name, Address, Age, Sex, Date of admission and Examination, Present complaints of the patient, History of patient, Congenital Heart Disease, Patient risk factors: Diabetes, Hypertension, Smoking, Alcoholism, family history, personnel history GENERAL EXAMINATION: The general examination is actually the first step of physical examination. Instruments and Equipment:Stethescope,Thermomanometer,Sphigmomanometer,Torch. We have to check whether the patient is conscious and cooperat...

EFFECTS OF COVID 19 IN THE HEART

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People with pre-existing heart disease are a high risk for developing severe cardiac and respiratory complications. So, the people who are in this category are advised to continue to take all prescribed heart medications, to prevent serious complications. Myocardial injury is one of the important features of COVID 19 in the heart, In these patients, the biomarkers will be significantly elevated(Troponin I&T). The exact mechanism of myocardial injury is unclear. SARS CoV 2 Anchors on the transmembrane of ACE2 to enter in the host cell leading to inflammation and multi-organ failure. Proposed mechanism of myocardial injury is damage to the cardiomyocytes, systemic inflammation, Myocardial interstitial fibrosis,interferon-mediated immune response, hypoxia, plaque instability.           SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION: Systemic inflammation and immune cell activation leading to the release of cytokine(cytokine storm), the heart can not able to pump blood to the periphera...

COVID 19-CONVERSATION BETWEEN COVID 19 & MERS -CoV

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covid 19 W hat happens when coronavirus went for certification in international dangerous virus association for deadliest viruses in the world. He met one of his family members MERS-CoV…..? We can take a look. COVID 19: I am COVID 19…iam a serious viral infection first identified in Wuhan city of china..but now I am very popular you can see my family everywhere MERS CoV: Hey dude …I am the virus that causes middle east respiratory syndrome.we are from the same family...I was born in 2012 in Saudi Arabia from bats…my family members are also originated in Korea in 2015. Anyway, how is your journey? COVID 19: Nice to meet you brother. The journey was comfortable. Now it's very easy for travelling purposes. I can travel along with my human being in aeroplanes without any expenses…From December 2019 onwards I travelled and explored a lot. I went to a different human body, mainly in the lungs. MERS CoV: what symptoms you will cause in humans? COVID 19:I ll cause fever dry cough...