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Please print out the case study and hand write you answers on the sheets. Emailed or typed case studies will NOT be accepted. You may work in groups but you CANNOT turn in identical papers. BIOL 2402 CASE STUDY 2 Name Group Period (Sectiorn) Sofia Martinez is a 19-year-old sophomore majoring in pre-medicine at the University of Arizona. In the past few weeks leading up to final exams, Allison has felt unusually tired despite receiving an adequate amount of sleep at night. She also has had frequent headaches, and has experienced times when her heart 'felt like it was missing a beat. She has noticed lightheadness and blurred vision at times. Friends sometimes comment that she looks "pale and tired: Yesterday at lunch, Sofia fainted while waiting in line in the cafeteria. Initially, she attributed this episode to being unusually tired and hungry, but later in the day she fainted again while waiting to mail a package at the Post Office. Both times she collapsed to the floor but recovered spontaneously. When Sofia informed her mother about what had happened that day, her mother immediately scheduled an appointment for Sofia to see the family physician.

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#.Table tilt test

It is diagnostic tool use for patient with syncope of unkown origin.Perform in electrophysiology department.pateint should lie on bed and titlting of bed occurs in 30-60 degrees with constant monitoring of blood pressure,oxygen level,electrical impulse.This test should be done when heart disease may not be a cause of fainting.

Blood pressure should be continuely monitor because they are the vital signs.So actual patients situation can be ruled out.

#.Isoproterenol:

also called as isoprenaline.It is beta adrenergic agonist.with properties of peripheral vasodialator,bronchodilator ,

cardiac stimulating property.it use for bradycardia,heart block and shock,

it mainly act on beta 1 and beta 2 receptors cadiac muscle.It has positive chronotopic and ionotropic effect.

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