... lines will be analysed and whether the benefits of haemodynamic monitoring outweighs these risks. What is an Arterial Line? The critically ill patient can often have massive abnormalities of their blood pressure; an arterial line provides a method of constantly measuring blood pressure. This may be essential to the stabilisation of the patient's condition. Darovic and Franklin (1999) describe how the mean arterial ... of site for placement of the arterial line catheter. These include its superficial position; It is easily accessible; Convenient to observe and monitor; Pressure can be ea...

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... Condition called Coronary Arteries Disease (CAD) 1. Basic Facts: There are many known factors that cause CAD. Some factors may be controlled and some are uncontrollable. The controllable factors include high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, diabetes and stress. Uncontrollable factors include gender (males are at greater risk), heredity (which shows in family histories of CAD) and age. Although ... angina is chest pain, it is caused by myocardial ischemia. Myocardial ischemia is deprivation of oxygen in the cardiac muscle accompanied by inadeq...

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