The statement of financial performance is referred to by other names. Name two

In the first of our case studies written with students of nutrition and dietetics in mind, Lori Warford-Woolgar provides us with an example case of a 64-year-old male with metabolic syndrome.

1 Why would sitting bring pain relief to, and lying aggravate, a patient with acute pericarditis?

2 How do you determine whether a patient is in a 'hypertensive condition'? And what is wide pulse pressure?

3 I have a question about hypertension. Every textbook that I've come across places the greatest emphasis on the systolic blood pressure; it seems that diastolic pressure is often a figure that 'just happens to be there'. My question is: What is the clinical importance of a diastolic pressure? And what problems might arise if a patient has a too high/low diastolic blood pressure?

4 What causes hypertension in children?

5 Is haemochromatosis a cause of hypertension?

6 What are the most recent advancements in management of hypertensive crisis? Is there any new approach or method under trial?

7 Why does hypertension not cause headache, and why does only the accelerated hypertension cause headaches. You say in 'coarctation of aorta' that there is headache and epistaxis from hypertension.

8 Why is a headache one of the signs and symptoms of hypertension?

9 In a hypertensive hypercholesterolaemic patient, is it contraindicated to use a bisoprolol-hydrochlorothiazide combination to control the patient's hypertension if it is not controlled on bisoprolol alone?

10 Should a hypertensive patient with recurrent ischaemic strokes, a total cholesterol of 200 mg/dL (5.2 mmol/L), low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol of 120 mg/dL (3.12 mmol/L) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol of 35 mg/dL (1 mmol/L), have a statin therapy?