Stroke is a disease caused by disorder of the blood flow to part of the brain because of occlusion(ischemic) of a blood or damage of a blood vessel‚ causing hemorrhage. For early detection of acute stroke‚ it’s better to use CT scan because it has a lot of advantages. The use of computed tomography (CT) for stroke evaluation has riced‚ moreover ‚ CT is quick than MRI. Recently there are CT techniques like perfusion CT and CT angiography that combined with non-enhanced CT that help the physicians
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The Patient with Heart Failuure 74-year-old woman is admitted to the hospital with heart failure. She had been growing progressively weaker and had ankle edema‚ dyspnea on exertion‚ and three-pillow orthopnea. On admission‚ she is severely dyspneic and can answer questions only with one-word phrases. She is diaphoretic‚ with a heart rate of 132 beats/min‚ and blood pressure 98/70 mm Hg. She is extremely anxious. 1. Because this patient cannot breathe or talk easily‚ prioritize the immediate nursing
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Acute Chest Syndrome And Sickle Cell Disease In The Pediatric Patient. Sickle Cell Disease: Is a generic disease that affects hemoglobin‚ oxygen transport in the body and patient quality of life. This disease is most common in African American‚ Hispanic‚ Greek and Arabs. Note: Sickle Cell is inherited from both parents. Sickle cell is a blood disease in wish the red blood cells that are responsible for carry oxygen from the lungs to other part of the body are behaving in an abnormal way because
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Acute leukemia is a form of blood cancer that is produced from the white blood cells in the bone marrow. Both chronic and acute leukemia forms make up 3% of all new cancer cases in the world. Acute leukemia in women has the same treatment and survival outcomes as it does for men. The chances of getting this disease are actually slightly higher for men than women. However‚ it causes many more challenges for women than men during therapy and more long-term health problems. The cells in acute leukemia
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CARE STUDY Assessing patients systematically and being able to interpret the findings is an essential aspect of nursing because it allows their care to be prioritised appropriately and alleviate the process of their recovery or treatment through the ability to recognise and carry out suitable care plan‚ based on their needs and preferences (NICE‚2007). It allows the early management of diseases‚ illnesses or emergency situations and leads to patient safety‚ positive clinical outcome‚ and avoidable
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ACUTE CARE NEEDS NPCG2025 STUDENT ID 25586394 Word count: 1986 CASE STUDY On admission to the hospital it is important that Mr Taylor is given an immediate and systematic assessment which will alert the healthcare professionals to any deterioration in his condition. The assessment method used in this case is the Airway‚ Breathing‚ Circulation‚ Disability‚ Exposure (ABCDE) approach. Thim et al (2012) suggests that the aims of this approach are to provide the patient
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Running Head: End Stage Renal Disease and Economics End Stage Renal Disease and Economics Julius Shakari Walden University End Stage Renal Disease Economics Introduction The Federal Government of the United States initiated
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MOBILINK :HEADING TOWARDS FAILURE : Mobilink is the biggest cellular company in Pakistan. I have selected mobilink for my assignment because these days its heading towards failure or a downward trend in market by having very competent competitors who are growing very rapidly. here I will discuss about the branding strategies that mobilink has been using over a period of time and what recommendations can I give .it may seem that mobilink as is the market leader will not have any errors but it’s
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involved‚ especially David Duchovny. His first feature film after his rise to television and Internet fame as Special Agent Fox Mulder of The X-Files‚ Playing God was supposed to launch the actor’s big screen career. Instead‚ Playing God is such a failure that it is sure to turn into what Point Break was for Keanu Reeves: a showcase of his worst acting surrounded by an even worse plot and characters. Duchovny plays Eugene Sands‚ a L.A. junkie who used to be a L.A. surgeon until his medical license
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GENERAL APPROACHES FOR DOSE ADJUSTMENT IN RENAL DISEASE Renal insufficiency can markedly alter one or more of the pharmacokinetic parameters of a drug including oral bioavailability‚ volume of distribution‚ drug binding to plasma proteins‚ and most importantly the rates of metabolism and excretion‚ i.e.‚ drug clearance.. To minimize drug toxicity and maximize therapeutic benefits‚ it is often necessary to adjust drug dosage in proportion to the degree of renal insufficiency. A drug will most likely
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