Chamberlain College Of Nursing:NR 511 WEEK 7 CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE PRESENTATION, DYSLIPIDEMIA 2022;Complete Solution

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Clinical Practice Guideline for Managing Dyslipidemia Cholesterol By Sabik A Sadiq Disease and Background  Dyslipidemia is disorder of plasma cholesterol, triglyceride, or both that contrib... ute to a major risk factor CVD, artery clogged, stroke, MI, and heart failure (Jellinger, et al., 2017).  Dyslipidemia is an important modifiable risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease  Three main disorder seen in patient with high cholesterol include elevated triglyceride, elevated LDL cholesterol, and decrease HDL cholesterol. Disease and Background  In 2016, about 660,000 United States populace was estimated to develop coronary problem due to dyslipidemia  New annual incidence of MI is 550,000 with about 220,000 are due to recurrent attack  Average age at first MI for men is 65.1 years and women is 72.0 years due high cholesterol (Jellinger, et al., 2017). Disease and Background  Having high blood cholesterol raises the risk for heart disease which is the leading cause of death and stroke worldwide (Jellinger, et al., 2017)  Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in United States  About 100 million U.S. adults age 20 or older have total cholesterol levels greater than 200mg/dl  Almost 31 million of adults have cholesterol level greater than 240mg/dl (Jellinger, et al., 2017). Disease and Background  About 69% of U.S. adults have LDL-C >100mg/dl  The prevalence is double in obese individual with elevated triglyceride level > 33%  About 70-80% of patients with dyslipidemia does not meet the LDL-C targets despite lipid therapy, management, and treatment (Jellinger, et al., 2017). Pathophysiology and clinical presentation  Cholesterol is fatty substances that is manufacture in the liver and is carried throughout the body in the blood stream  Hypercholesterolemia is [Show More]

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