What special challenges are associated with trying to treat septic shock in a patient with cardiovascular disease?

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A patient who is 48 hours post–mitral valve replacement surgery has become progressively more hypotensive, tachycardic, tachypneic, and restless over the past several hours. You suspect that the patient is going into shock.

a.            Since this patient is at high risk for both cardiogenic and septic shock, how would you go about determining what type of shock (if any) is present? Support your approach.

b.            What special challenges are associated with trying to treat septic shock in a patient with cardiovascular disease?

What kinds of foods provide fiber in the diet and what does fiber help with?

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1. What kinds of foods provide fiber in the diet and what does fiber help with?

2. What are the different kinds of fats and some properties of them?

3. Why do we need water in our diet?

4. How is obesity defined?

5. What is the most prevalent underlying source of death in the United States?

6. What happens when a person goes on a very low calorie diet?

7. How many calories do one pound of fat represent?

8. What are the daily-suggested lower limits of calorie consumption for both men and women?

9. What happens when you exercise at a low-intensity rate as compared to a high intensity rate as far as types of calories burned?

10. What causes blood cholesterol to be raised?

11. How many calories does a gram of fat, protein or carbohydrate contain?

12. What are some risk factors for coronary heart disease?

13.  How does cancer start in the body?

14.  How many minutes of daily activity are required to prevent weight gain and to maintain substantial weight loss?

15. What kind of results can be expected when a person exercises and exhibits good lifestyle choices?

16. What mechanism seems to regulate how much a person weighs?

17. What are some results of sleep deprivation?

18. What are the different types of stresses?

19. What causes the stress response to occur?

20. What is the purpose of the “stress response” and what are some of the manifestations it has been turned on?

21. Are certain types of individuals at a greater risk of disease related to stress?

22. What are some good techniques to deal with stress?

Do you think that Southwest should try to expand who their customers are? Do you think that it hurts them at all not playing in the market of a 'fancy flight'?

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Do you think that Southwest should try to expand who their customers are? Do you think that it hurts them at all not playing in the market of a ‘fancy flight’?

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QA: In line with the HBS case reprint, Southwest’s plan to serve La Guardia. Do you think that Southwest should try to expand who their customers are? Do you think that it hurts them at all not playing in the market of a ‘fancy flight’?

QB: In line with tendencies that change management professionals/leaders will face some sort of obstacles in the process of carrying out the projected change.

I wonder though if you take a look at what and who a stakeholder is – it could be the community, it could be suppliers, it could be employees – can you discuss a bit more some of the various objections that each type could have?