Chapter 28: Care of the High-Risk Mother‚ Newborn‚ and Family with Special Needs High-risk pregnancy One in which the life or health of the mother or the infant is jeopardized by a d/o that is associated with or exists at the same Morbidity State of being diseased Mortality Quality or state of being subject to death Classifications of high-risk factors of pregnancy Biophysical‚ Psychosocial‚ Sociodemographic‚ Environmental Biophysical Genetic considerations‚ nutritional status‚ medical
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of severe‚ potentially fatal reaction. Acute Hemolytic reaction is rare and has the symptoms of fever‚ chills‚ and feeling of heat in the vein where blood is being transfused. Others are: pain in the lumbar region‚ tachycardia‚ constricting pain in the chest and hyperbilirubinemia as well as hemoglobinuria (Murphy‚ Pamphilon & Heddle‚ 2013). Patients may report having feelings of impending doom. For the unconscious ones the only sign is a hemolytic transfusion reaction. A falling hematocrit is the
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Crohn’s Disease PHT 1217 Stephanie Henry Prof. Mary Hanlon 2/22/2013 Crohn’s Disease (CD) is a chronic autoimmune condition‚ that is life-long with no known-cure. It is a reoccurring inflammation of the mucus lining within the Gastrointestinal Tract. Crohn’s Disease may be found anywhere along the GI Tract‚ from the mouth to the anus. Most frequently CD is sited where the small intestine (Terminal Ileum) and the Colon (Cecum) meet. All layers of the of the GI tract may be
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"One day without crying‚ one day with no pain One day of not suffering those blisters again. One day with no dressings‚ or needles or creams One day you ’ll awaken with laughter not screams. One day of not fearing the slightest tumble And to watch you join in with your friends rough-and-tumble. One day of not feeling great surges of guilt For the genes that I gave you‚ imperfectly built. One day of not having to turn a blind eye To the ignorant stares of some passersby. One day‚ in the
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Chapter 21 The Immune System: Innate and Adaptive Body Defenses Innate and Adaptive Defenses (Fig. 21.1‚ pg. 767) Body Defenses against Infection (Fig. 21.1‚ pg. 767) * Immunity * Resistance to disease * Pathogen * disease causing agent * bacteria‚ viruses‚ etc * Innate (nonspecific) Defenses * responds quickly * general defenses * protects against many pathogens * First line of defense * skin and mucosae prevent entry of microorganisms
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Unknown Experiment Introduction: The purpose of this experiment is to distinguish and indentify an unknown bacterium. There are several tests that can help one eliminate and narrow down the options. The most useful test‚ and the very first one done‚ is a gram stain. This test will tell whether the bacterium is gram-positive or gram-negative. After the type of gram stain is identified‚ the tester has a wide array of differentiating tests at their disposal. Based on the results from these
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histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I expression.3‚4 Current evidence indicates that hair follicle inflammation in alopecia areata is caused by a T- cell mediated autoimmune mechanism occurring in genetically predisposed individuals .1‚2 AA is a lymphocyte cell mediated inflammatory form of hair loss with research evidence suggesting an underlying autoimmune etiopathogenesis. The development of hair loss involves aberrant modulation of the hair growth cycle‚ resulting in dystrophic anagen hair follicles and/or
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Question 1 of 61 C Choose the one best response to this question. Children at day care centers in the United States have a high rate of infection with which one of the following? A. Ascaris lumbricoides B. Entamoeba histolytica C. Enterobius vermicularis D. Necator americanus Question 2 of 61 B Choose the one best response to this question. The main anatomic location of Schistosoma mansoni adult worms is: A. Lung alveoli B. Intestinal venules C. Renal tubules D. Bone
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Plasmodium. Malaria contributes very significantly to maternal and fetal mortality - with at least 10‚000 maternal deaths per annum attributable in sub-Saharan Africa. The presentation include headache‚ fever‚ shivering‚ joint pain‚ vomiting‚ hemolytic anemia‚ jaundice‚ hemoglobin in the urine‚ retinal damage‚ and convulsions. Malaria is typically diagnosed by the microscopic examination of blood using blood films‚ or with antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests. Malaria infection develops via two phases:
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Mount Pleasant‚ New York Windshield Survey Introduction This paper is a Windshield Survey of the town of Mount Pleasant‚ New York‚ which is located thirty miles north of New York City‚ in Westchester County in the lower Hudson Valley. A windshield survey “ involves the generation of data that helps to define the community‚ the trends‚ stability‚ and changes that all serve to define the health of the community” (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2014‚ p. 409). The town I live in is comprised of the Villages of
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