Identification Metabolic Syndrome – measuring patients' waist

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A nurse measuring the waist circumference of a male patient. There are 4 images in this sequence showing how a nurse would identify a case of metabolic syndrome. • Waist circumference for men over 100 cm and for women over 90 cm • blood pressure above 130/85 mmHg • fasting blood sugar above 5.7 mmol / l • HDL cholesterol in men less than 1 mmol / l and in women less than 1.3 mmol / l • triglycerides above 1.7 mmol / l.

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Hospital nursing. Identification of metabolic syndrome.

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Eduard Müller