719 Reports of Investigation Risk factors of inadequate pain relief during epidural analgesia for labour and delivery Ghislaine Le Coq CRNA‚* B6atrice Ducot MD‚’f Dan Benhamou MD* Purpose: To determine the causes of failure of epidural analgesia during labour and delivery. Methods: During six months‚ pregnant patients receiving epidural analgesia and delivering vaginally were studied prospectively‚ Bupivacaine 0. 125% was used for the initial bolus dose and subsequent continuous infusion
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Acute Hepatitis B GNUR543 St. John Fisher College Mr. Wilson is a 47 year old man being evaluated for complaints of fatigue‚ anorexia and abdominal distention. On examination‚ it is noted that the skin is jaundiced and the liver enlarged. D.W. denies significant alcohol or drug use. He denies any known exposure to hepatitis and has never been vaccinated for hepatitis. He is taking no medication. Laboratory tests reveal the following and a diagnosis of acute hepatitis B is made: 1. Review
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Acute Kidney Injury (Paper #6) Tracy Gilbert ITT Earth city Acute Kidney Injury (Paper #6) “Acute kidney injury (AKI) describes the spectrum of acute-onset kidney failure that can occur with critical illness; it replaces the traditional term acute renal failure (ARF) and acute tubular necrosis (ATN).” (Urden‚ Stacy‚ & Lough‚ 2012‚ p. 400). “In renal failure‚ acute or chronic‚ one most commonly sees patients who have a tendency to develop hypervolemia‚ hyperkalemia‚ hyperphosphatemia‚ hypocalcemia
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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia results from a genetic or acquired injury to the genetic material (DNA) of a developing stem cell located in the bone marrow. It is not clear what causes the injury or mutation to take place‚ but a few factors that increase the risk of ALL include; previous cancer treatments‚ exposure to radiation‚ a genetic disorder‚ or having a sibling who has ALL. Most cases of ALL occur between 2 and 5 years of age‚ although it can have occurrences in older children and adults
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Introduction Ingenious Pain tells the life story of James Dyer‚ a surgeon in eighteenth-century England who is gifted--and cursed--with the inability to feel physical or emotional pain. Beginning with his post-mortem‚ the novel traces the thirty-three years of his life‚ from his illegitimate conception on a frozen river‚ through the rise of his career from itinerant quack’s assistant to ship’s surgeon‚ and then to the court of Empress Catherine of Russia where he meets Mary‚ a mysterious woman who
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The Spine Changes With Age And Causes Of Back Pain As we age‚ changes back - the spine to age. At the doctor will call signs of aging for degenerative changes. Such changes can be seen‚ among other things‚ on radiographs. With age‚ the joints will often gradually thinner cartilage. It called for cartilage wear or osteoarthritis‚ the x-ray called it usually intervertebralledsartros. The bone in the joints edges becomes stronger and the formation of "pimples". Even vertebral edges are over the years
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Pilot Project: The Chronic Pain Diary Student: Hetal Patel Nurs 260 Semester – II Teacher: Mary McGrory March 17‚ 2009 Article evaluation The nursing journal “Pilot Project: The Chronic Pain Diary” is an assessment of chronic pain in the Nursing home population. The author of this journal is Dr. Kathy K Hager and Dr. Dorothy Brockopp. Dr. Hager is an Assistant Professor of Nursing in Bellarmine University Lansing School of Nursing from Louisville – Kentucky and Dr
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Pain is one of the most serious health concerns worldwide (1-4). Several studies have demonstrated an increasing pain prevalence which in turn leads to a substantially accumulative global health and economic burden (1‚ 2‚ 5-8). In addition to that‚ a recent study determined that pain is one of the leading reasons of global years lived with disability (1). It is reasonable‚ therefore‚ to adopt the notion that as life expectancy increases‚ the impact of pain- related disability is probably predicted
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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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Know the body’s acute responses to exercise P1- describe the musculoskeletal and energy systems response to acute exercises P2- describe the cardiovascular and respiratory systems responses to acute exercises M1- explains the response of the musculoskeletal‚ cardiovascular and respiratory systems to acute exercise. 1. The musculoskeletal system includes bones‚ joints‚ skeletal muscles‚ tendons‚ and ligaments. The response this exercise does to the body is increased blood supply for muscles
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