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T Capriotti

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PubMed2000

Unrecognized high blood pressure. A major public health issue for the workplace.

Hypertension continues to be prevalent in the general population despite the public's increased awareness of cardiovascular disease. Population-wide detection and prevention of hypertension are high priority goals within preventive health care. According to recent National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) guidelines, high normal blood pressure (BP) (systolic 130 to 139 mm Hg or diastolic 85 to 89 mm Hg) is not an innocuous condition (NHLBI, 1997). High normal BP is a detectable, modifiable, antecedent condition to overt hypertension. Little is known about the incidence of high normal BP in the general population and of its relationship to stress. This study examined the prevalence of high normal and hypertensive levels of blood pressure in a convenience sample of 94 volunteer employees from a midsize corporation. Blood pressure and level of reported stress were assessed. Findings revealed rates of 11% and 30% high normal and hypertensive blood pressure levels, respectively. Ninety-six percent of participants assumed their blood pressures were normal. As in other studies, those employees with hypertensive blood pressure reported higher stress levels than normotensive employees. However, the population with high normal BP did not report significantly higher stress levels than normotensive employees. These findings suggest high normal and hypertensive blood pressures are prevalent cardiovascular disease risk factors among employees in the workplace. Most employees are unaware of their elevated BP and the risk of high normal BP. Occupational health nurses are in a strategic position to take a proactive approach to population-wide hypertension prevention by initiating worksite BP screening and education programs.

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PubMed1998

A revitalized battle against diabetes mellitus for the new millennium.

Despite great advances in control and treatment, diabetes mellitus (DM) remains a formidable opponent for the health care team. A major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world, DM continues to increase in prevalence. Nurses are in a strategic position to employ new research findings and aggressive strategies to fight this killer disease.

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1↗
PubMed1995

Unrecognized depression in the elderly: a nursing assessment challenge.

Depression in the elderly has been widely underdiagnosed and undertreated. Geriatric depression has a unique presentation that differs from the hallmarks of depressive illness documented in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV) (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). The "masked" presentation of depression in the elderly contributes to problems with accurate assessment, prompt diagnosis, and treatment. Without treatment, there are serious negative consequences for elderly clients such as cognitive impairment, physical disability, social isolation, and suicide. Enhancing professional nurses' awareness of this underrecognized mental health problem among elderly patients is a significant priority.

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[Favorable course of cerebral candidiasis in a low-birth newborn treated with liposomal amphotericin B].

A very low birth weight female infant developed a systemic infection by Candida albicans. Her clinical conditions were very poor; involvement of CNS was demonstrated my multifocal hyperechogenic images, spreading to the periventricular and subcortical areas of brain, confirmed by CT as circumscribed hyperdense punctiform granulations suggesting initial cerebritis. The introduction of liposomal Amphotericin-B in the therapy resulted in a marked improvement of clinical conditions together with the disapparance of pathological brain images. Longitudinal examinations carried out every three months during the first year, and every six months during the second, have shown adequate psychomotor development. The results of late cerebral nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging were within the norm. The patient is now seven-years-old and shows a well-balanced neuropsychological development. Systemic Candida infections of VLBW infants with CNS involvement have usually a very poor prognosis in terms of death or residual brain damage. The use of liposomal Amphotericin-B allowed us to achieve the complete cure of our patient, suggesting an high efficacy together with at a lower toxicity in respect of traditional treatments.

Amphotericin B↗