Myocardial Infarction - Assessment Questions

Questions:

Symptoms

Q.1 : What is the most likely reason, Joes BP elevation?

1. The amount of sodium and other electrolytes are too high causing hypernatremia which in result is causing a raise in BP.
2. The Exercise may be a causing factor, as Joe, maintains active lifestyle.
3. Due to peripheral arteriole vasoconstriction, resulting from an adrenergic response to pain anxiety and ventricular dysfunction.
4. All the above

Rational

1. Hypernatremia involves dehydration, which can have many causes, including not drinking enough fluids, diarrhea, kidney dysfunction, and diuretics (James L. Lewis, lll,2018) and is a good distractor for this question as it involves high salt in the blood, fatty anti salty foods are common in people with MI although hypernatremia normally be followed by a drop-in BP. As our patient has a normal amount of urine output hourly with a raise in BP and is shOwing no high cause for worry of HYPematremia this is not the correct answer.
2. Joe maintains 30 minutes of exercise daily and although this can increase the BP for a short period of time should cause a long-term increase in BP and should slowly relieve itself (Blood Pressure Association, 2008, This is alSO a wrong answer as the BP is increased a while after excursive.
3. peripheral arteriole vasoconstriction resulting from an adrenergic chronic response to pain anxiety and ventricular dysfunction ,C. Ayada et al, 2015, The narrowing of the coronary artery or heart disease where the dominant cause of heart failure and is normally the cause for acute or prior myocardial infarction. The vasoconstriction and ventricular dysfunction of the coronary artery is there for the likely cause for a raise in BP (Paul W Armstrong, 2000)
4. All the above, gives an easy and common answer if the other answers are not read correctly or not understood.