Acute transfusion reactions occur as adverse symptoms and signs following a transfusion or within 24 hours. The most common‚ frequent reactions are chills‚ fever‚ urticaria or pruritus that typically resolves quickly without complications or treatment. Other signs‚ that may have a relationship with blood transfusion‚ is shortness of breath‚ high fever‚ red urine and loss of consciousness. These signs are an indication of severe‚ potentially fatal reaction. Acute Hemolytic reaction is rare and has
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Feature Acute Kidney Injury: Not Just Acute Renal Failure Anymore? Susan Dirkes‚ RN‚ MSA‚ CCRN Until recently‚ no uniform standard existed for diagnosing and classifying acute renal failure. To clarify diagnosis‚ the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative group stated its consensus on the need for a clear definition and classification system of renal dysfunction with measurable criteria. Today the term acute kidney injury has replaced the term acute renal failure‚ with an understanding that such
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Acute data analysis Due to the insignificant difference in the buffered and unbuffered D. magna acute studies‚ my hypothesis of the unbuffered concentration having a lower LC50 concentration was not supported. However‚ the indifference might suggest that the toxicity comes from the structure of the compound and not the fact that it is acidic. The pH in the buffered 625 mg/L was essentially neutral and yet it had caused the same mortality of its unbuffered counterpart. This information rejects the
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Metabolic syndrome is a name for a group of risk factors that occur together and increase the risk for coronary artery disease‚ stroke‚ and type 2 diabetes. The primary components include insulin resistance‚ obesity‚ dyslipidemia‚ hypertension and central obesity. The two most important risk factors for metabolic syndrome are extra weight around the middle and upper parts of the body (central obesity). This is when the body may be described as "apple-shaped”‚ as well as insulin resistance‚ in which
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Acute stress disorder develops within one month after an individual experiences or sees an event involving a threat or actual death‚ serious injury‚ or physical violation to the individual or others‚ and responds to this event with strong feelings of fear‚ helplessness or horror. The disorder is not inherited. Living with this disorder would not be very nice you would feel scared and like someone is trying to hurt you all the time. Your life span would be normal. The judgment was recognized to
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many different physiological‚ such as coronary heart disease‚ cerebrovascular disease (or accidents)‚ rheumatoid arthritis‚ and several others. The biological causes of these diseases are not as clear as some of the lifestyle choices that can lead to them. The symptoms of these diseases range from irritating to bothersome and even painful or dangerous. While all of these diseases can be treated‚ they cannot necessarily be cured or entirely prevented. Coronary heart disease is restricted maximum blood
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the differential diagnosis of an outbreak of acute gastrointestinal illnesses. The broad categories of diseases that must be considered in the differential diagnosis of an outbreak of acute gastrointestinal illness are Infections‚ preformed toxin‚ and psychogenic illness. However‚ only two of the broad categories (infection and preformed toxin) are most relevant to an outbreak of acute gastrointestinal illness differential diagnosis. Infection Acute gastrointestinal illness of infectious origin
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child should be referred to a neurologist as an outpatient. Idiopathic seizures account for 70% of unprovoked seizures in children (Sharieff & Hendry‚ 2011). This essay will explore the current practice and guidelines of seizure management on an acute ward in Starhship children’s hospital. These practices and guidelines will be examined and critiqued‚ and also evaluated from the child and their family’s perspective. Seizures are defined by Huff & Fountain (2011) and Blumstein & Friedman
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plaque builds up in the arteries. The plaque builds up inside the arteries and either partially or completely blocks the blood flow. Diseases like coronary heart disease angina‚ and chronic kidney disease can occur as a result of atherosclerosis. When atherosclerosis affects the arteries in the heart‚ it is known as a coronary heart disease‚ and coronary heart disease is the number one killers of Americans. Atherosclerosis is a progressive disease that starts in childhood. For some people the disease
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One of the first symptoms of coronary artery disease is known as angina pectoris commonly referred to as chest pain. It is the most common form of temporary ischemia that develops when the muscles of the heart doesn’t get enough blood supply. This type of symptommay occur when an individual is exercising or may even occur at rest. Sometimes before they realize that something is wrong‚ emotional stress can produce a sensation of pressure‚ chest constriction‚ or pain that may radiate from the sternal
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