NURS 6501 Week 4 Assignment; Case Study Analysis
Course : NURS 6501 Advanced Pathophysiology
Contributed : Megan
- $15.00
Module 2: A Case Study Analysis
This case study presents with a 65-year-old patient, whose gender is not disclosed, who is 8 days out from a total knee replacement with sudden onset of shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain, and heart palpitations. An ECG confirms new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF), as well as a right ventricular heart strain pattern with T-wave inversions in the right precordial leads and variable T-waves in the inferior leads. This analysis serves to explain the cardiopulmonary pathophysiology behind the patient’s symptoms and any impact that racial or ethnical variables may have on this scenario......... continue
