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Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Elevated blood pressure
Hypertension
Hypertension (HTN) or high blood pressure is a cardiac chronic medical condition in which the systemic arterial blood pressure is elevated. It is the opposite of hypotension. Hypertension is classified as either primary (essential) hypertension or secondary hypertension; About 90–95% of cases are categorized as "primary hypertension," which means high blood pressure with no obvious medical cause. The remaining 5–10% of cases are caused by other conditions that affect the kidneys, arteries, heart or endocrine system. Persistent hypertension is one of the risk factors for stroke, myocardial infarction, heart failure and arterial aneurysm, and is a leading cause of chronic kidney failure...
Elevated blood pressure - List of case studies
- Vitamin D Abnormality / Parathyroid Hormone Abnormality
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vitamin D deficiency among other medical problems: high blood pressure, episodes of transient syncope, and sleep apnea. In the expert's ... 4.) 24 hour urinary Ca and phosphate elevated at times; Serum Ca and P have been normal 5.) ...
- Multiple myeloma with renal involvement, bone lesions and Neuropathy
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point to the presence of heteroplastic tissue with elevated glucidic metabolism in the areas described”. The ... creatinine, azotemia, uricemy, calcemy, potassiemia, blood protein electrophoresis, counts for immunoglobulins, transaminase, ... As the patient was advised to check his blood pressure, which should give a maximum reading below 130 mmHg, Dr X takes Lasix ...
- Mild Alzheimer’s disease – additional opinion
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physical and neurological examination. Results of blood tests including CBS, sed. rate, liver and renal functions, thyroid, ... there is no history of vascular risk factors (such as elevated blood pressure, diabetes or coagulation defects) vascular dementia ...
- Basocellular carcinoma
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history. The patient has always had regular blood chemistry tests, as she donates blood to AVIS. On March 2008 ... . Once one has had 1 skin cancer, one is at elevated risk for a totally new skin cancer at some other (usually sun ...