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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"diagnosis of hypertension"”.
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Essays on Health, Education, and Behavioral Choices
My dissertation is composed of two essays that investigate the interrelationship between consumers’ health, education, behavioral choices, and perceptions. The first essay evaluates the impact of teenage smoking on schooling and estimates the lifetime income loss due to lower educational …
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Health management of adult hypertension in the United States: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
… study that describes how individuals with hypertension do their health behaviors and how their behaviors change over time based on their diagnostic status and the duration of hypertension. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is a widely used dietary recommendation for …
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Hypertension in Older African Americans: Testing Psychosocial Mediators
… racial discrimination are both related to hypertension in African Americans. Further, low SES and racial discrimination have been found to affect hypertension indirectly through stress, low levels of psychosocial resources, and lifestyle risk factors in African American adults. Past studies …
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Peripheral Arterial Disease Screening of an Underserved High Risk Population
… and preventive services places a heavier burden of morbidity on those with limited access and resources. Underserved populations with decreased access to appropriate health screening and therapeutic interventions often present with increased risks for peripheral arterial disease. Some patients …
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The development of an algorithm to track blood pressure accurately based on the pulse transit time method
… (BP) monitors are currently used to diagnose hypertension both in home and clinical settings. These monitors take BP measurements once every 15 minutes over a 24 hour period and provide a reliable and accurate system that is minimally invasive. Although intermittent cuff measurements have …
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Nurse Practitioners and Physicians: A comparison of perceived Health Care outcomes and perceived satisfaction with care
A comparison of patient health care outcomes and satisfaction of care by nurse practitioners and physicians in a managed care setting was the purpose of this study. The study's conceptual framework joined the Shuler and Davis (1993) nurse practitioner practice model with Donabiden's (1966) theory …
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Accessing health care in impoverished communities: The experiences of women living with hypertension and related conditions in the townships of Kwatsaduza, Gauteng province
This study explores the experiences of women living with hypertension and related medical conditions in accessing healthcare services in the townships of Kwatsaduza in Gauteng. The objectives of the study are to: understand the effects of hypertension and related conditions on women living in …
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A multicentre, cross-sectional study investigating the prevalence of hypertensive disease in patients presenting for elective surgery in the Western Cape, South Africa
Background: Hypertension is common, affecting over one billion people worldwide. Importantly, in Sub-Saharan Africa hypertensive disease not only affects the older population group, but is becoming increasingly prevalent in younger patients. In South Africa, over 30% of the adult population has …
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Implementation of Hypertension Treatment Recommendations
… that are highly successful in controlling hypertension. Nevertheless, many hypertensive individuals do not implement lifestyle changes and fail to adhere to medication regimens. The current study sought to understand both sociodemographic and intrinsic factors associated with the …
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A quality improvement project evaluating the perioperative implementation of a hypertension management protocol by anaesthesiologists at seven government hospitals in the Western Cape. “a multi-center, cross-sectional quality improvement project: the peri-operative implementation of a hypertension protocol by anesthesiologists”
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a common risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, with a high prevalence in patients presenting for elective surgery. In limited resource environments, patients have poor access to primary care physicians, limiting the efficacy of life-style modification …
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Patient Perceptions of Physicians and Medication Adherence Among Medicare Part D Beneficiaries
… University, December, 2013. Patient Perceptions of Physicians and Medication Adherence Among Medicare Part D Beneficiaries. Major Professor: Joseph Thomas III.</p> <p>An observational database analysis using Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey data was conducted to examine patient perceptions of …
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Outcomes of patients with hypertensive heart disease and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) at a tertiary centre in South Africa
Introduction. Hypertension is endemic in Sub-Saharan Africa and has been shown to be the leading cause of heart failure (HF) on the continent. Clinical observation suggests that hypertensive heart disease (HHD) is potentially reversible with medical therapy and that baseline characteristics and …
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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance characterisation of the phenotype of resistant uncontrolled hypertension
Background: Resistant hypertension (RH) is defined as blood pressure (BP) that remains elevated (>140/90mmHg) despite being treated with an antihypertensive regimen of 3 or more medications from different classes, including a long-acting calcium channel blocker, an angiotensin converting enzyme …
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Blood pressure variability and the characteristics and outcomes of patients with intracerebral haemorrhage
… International guidelines about the management of high BP for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and secondary prevention after stroke refer to mean or 'usual' BP targets for office BP monitoring (long-term visit-to-visit BP). Yet, there is mounting evidence that higher systolic BP …
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Telemetrisch kontrollierte Blutdrucktherapie bei Patienten mit unzureichend eingestelltem Hypertonus
… mmHg oder >125/75 mmHg bei vorliegenden Risikofaktoren), wurden in zwei Gruppen randomisiert. Alle Patienten erhielten eine additive bzw. initiale leitliniengetreue Einstellung mit Irbesartan bis zu einer maximalen täglichen Dosis von 600 mg. Eine darüber hinausgehende antihypertensive …