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Myocardial Infarction Paper

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I enjoyed reading your discussion post and it is very informative. I am glad to hear that everything went well with your past pregnancy and I am happy that you delivered a healthy baby. You brought up a great point about having a serious condition without having any types of symptoms. It is easy to misdiagnose an elderly patient because some of their presenting symptoms are atypical. For example, an elderly patient who is suffering of myocardial infarction might not feel a chest pain. Instead, they will have a chief complain of generalized weakness and fatigue. Gray-Miceli (2005) mentioned that early recognition and prompt diagnosis of an atypical presentation of an illness in geriatric patients can improve the patients’ outcome, and reduce
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