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  2. Self-experimentation in medicine - Wikipedia

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    Some self-experimenters, like Jesse Lazear and Daniel Alcides Carrión, died in the course of their research. Notable examples of self-researchers occur in many fields; infectious disease (Jesse Lazear: yellow fever, Max von Pettenkofer: cholera), vaccine research and development (Daniel Zagury: AIDS, Tim Friede: Snakebite), cancer (Nicholas ...

  3. Management of hypertension - Wikipedia

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    Guidelines for treating resistant hypertension have been published in the UK [45] and US. [46] It has been proposed that a proportion of resistant hypertension may be the result of chronic high activity of the autonomic nervous system, known as "neurogenic hypertension". [47] Low adherence to treatment is an important cause of resistant ...

  4. Gordon's functional health patterns - Wikipedia

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    Activity exercise-whether one is able to do daily activities normally without any problem, self care activities; Sleep rest-do they have hypersomnia, insomnia, do they have normal sleeping patterns; Cognitive-perceptual-assessment of neurological function is done to assess, check the person's ability to comprehend information

  5. Self-experimentation - Wikipedia

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    Self-experimentation refers to single-subject research in which the experimenter conducts the experiment on themself. Usually this means that a single person is the designer, operator, subject, analyst, and user or reporter of the experiment.

  6. Labile hypertension - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, to reduce stress and anxiety, reduction to smoking and alcohol, decreasing intake of salt or having regular aerobic activity are some examples of therapy that can help manage cases of labile hypertension. By reducing alcohol intake, the systolic blood pressure will lower by 2-4mm Hg and the diastolic blood pressure by 1–2 mm Hg.

  7. Self-care deficit nursing theory - Wikipedia

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    The self-care deficit nursing theory is a grand nursing theory that was developed between 1959 and 2001 by Dorothea Orem. The theory is also referred to as the Orem's Model of Nursing . It is particularly used in rehabilitation and primary care settings, where the patient is encouraged to be as independent as possible.

  8. Nursing care plan - Wikipedia

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    A computerised nursing care plan is a digital way of writing the care plan, compared to handwritten. Computerised nursing care plans are an essential element of the nursing process. [8] Computerised nursing care plans have increased documentation of signs and symptoms, associated factors and nursing interventions. [8]

  9. Preventive healthcare - Wikipedia

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    Research on preventive care addresses the question of whether it is cost saving or cost effective and whether there is an economics evidence base for health promotion and disease prevention. The need for and interest in preventive care is driven by the imperative to reduce health care costs while improving quality of care and the patient ...