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Thesis
Focus on HDL: An Integrative Approach to Dyslipidemia Management and Cardiac Risk Reduction
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
05/2011
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3078
Abstract
Dyslipidemia is a significant risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). There are numerous pharmacological therapies targeted at lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and though this approach does reduce cardiac events, cardiac events related to atherosclerosis still occur in patients who have LDL-C in the desired range. The importance of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is becoming more understood in recent years, as is the realization that treating high LDL-C alone may not be enough to sufficiently reduce CHD risk. Low HDL-C is a strong predictor of cardiac risk, and high HDL-C is recognized as being cardio-protective. Emerging research strongly suggests several dietary and lifestyle interventions that notably increase HDL-C, thus reducing cardiac risk. This paper will describe holistic and integrated interventions for dyslipidemia management in concert with current dyslipidemia treatment guidelines for the nurse practitioner.
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- Title
- Focus on HDL: An Integrative Approach to Dyslipidemia Management and Cardiac Risk Reduction
- Creators
- Jennifer L. Eichhorn
- Contributors
- Dawn Felch Rondeau (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590738401842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis