ramadan is a holy month for muslims and fasting in this month is the rule for any healthy matured person. nutritional and behavioral changes occurred during ramadan fasting may lead to several physiological change, such as blood pressure (2). studies evaluated the effects of ramadan fasting on blood pressure in hypertensive patients, are scarce and reported inadequate results. in this paper a s...

objective: to find out the effect of physical activities and obesity among ramadan fasting hypertensive patients of karachi. methods: 117 hypertensive patients were selected conveniently from the staff and faculty members of dow university and other locations of karachi. the inclusion criterion was the hypertensive patients with at least 20 days of fasting. the investigators visited three times...

background: hypertension is one of the major chronic disorders. hypertensive patients have various disease-related experiences, based on personal and social characteristics, life style and other effective factors. nurses face different situations during their activities process and presentation of these experiences obtained during working with patients can help them to improve the clinical acti...

Obstetric emergencies require quick and decisive action to save the life of the mother and the child. Severe hypertensive disorder, haemorrhage and embolism all threaten the life of the mother. The fetus is directly threatened by umbilical cord accidents, other forms of hypoxia and mechanical delivery problems. Death of the mother was frequent in the early part of the twentieth century in the U...

Obstetric emergencies require quick and decisive action to save the life of the mother and the child. Severe hypertensive disorder, haemorrhage and embolism all threaten the life of the mother. The fetus is directly threatened by umbilical cord accidents, other forms of hypoxia and mechanical delivery problems. Death of the mother was frequent in the early part of the twentieth century in the U...

Background: Hypertensive heart disease (HHD) is the constellation of abnormalities characterized by cardiac complications. Despite advancements in management of hypertension and access to medical care, incidence of HHD is an alarmingly increasing through time. However, information on determinants of HHD studies is limited in Ethiopia. We assessed determinants of HHD among adult hypertensive pat...

abstract background: hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are the main cause of maternal and fetal mortality; however, they have no definite effective treatment. the researchers aimed to study the effects of progressive muscular relaxation and breathing control technique on blood pressure (bp) during pregnancy. materials and methods: this three‑group clinical trial was conducted in mashhad healt...

Abstract Thrombophilia is a blood coagulation disorder, in which has an increased tendency to clot, with both arterial and venous localization, being responsible for multiple manifestations: secondary hypertension, stroke, acute pancreatitis or intracardiac masses. We are presenting the case of 21-year-old male patient, hypertensive, known thrombophilia, who was sent echocardiographic evaluatio...

Hypertensive disorders complicate 5%-10% of pregnancies with increasing incidence mainly due to upward trends in obesity globally. In the last century, several terminologies have been introduced to describe the spectrum of this disease. The current and widely used classification of hypertensive pregnancy disorders was introduced in 1972 and in 1982, but has not been free of controversy and conf...