Respiratory Case Study The following case study is of a 37-year old Hispanic male weighing 145 lbs and 70 inches tall found unconscious by his girlfriend. According to her he was unconscious for about 15 hours and she was concerned because he would not wake or respond and was breathing shallow and slow. She then called 9-1-1. The patient entered the ER by emergency vehicle and on my initial assessment Pt had an altered mental status‚ was very unresponsive showing symptoms of a possible drug overdose
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Exam * Unit-1 Case Study | 11 | Unit-2 | Module-5(Week of Sept. 16) | Alterations in Respiration and Tissue Oxygenation * Alterations in oxygen transport | 13 | Module-6(Week of Sept. 23) | Alterations in Respiration and Tissue Oxygenation * Alterations in blood pressure | 16 | Module-7(Week of Sept. 30) | Cardiac Function * Alterations in cardiac function * Heart failure and dysrhythmias | 18‚ 19 | Module-8(Week of Oct. 7) | * Unit-2 Exam * Unit-2 Case Study | | Unit-3
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Choice “D” is the best answer. This patient’s regimen includes tenofovir. Tenofovir disoproxil is an antiretroviral medication used to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS and to treat chronic hepatitis B. Tenofovir can cause acute renal failure‚ Fanconi syndrome‚ proteinuria‚ or tubular necrosis. These side effects are due to accumulation of the drug in proximal tubules. Tenofovir is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTIs). NRTIs interrupt the HIV replication cycle via competitive inhibition
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CASE STUDY NO.1 Mary Roberts had been with the company three years when she was promoted to manager of the tax department which was part of the controller’s division.Within four months she became a supervisor of ten staff accountants to fill a vacancy.Her superior believed her to be most qualified individual to fill the position. Many senior employees resent her that she so young to fill the position and what made them more upsets was the fact tax managers did not discuss the promotion. QUESTION:
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Evidence-based Recommendations In the actual treatment plan of the case study‚ amiodarone was ordered. I was curious about why digoxin was not used in this case. I did research and found a randomized clinical trial published 3 months ago studied on whether amiodarone is more effective than digoxin in AF rate control. Participants were randomized into amiodarone or digoxin treatment groups. The results indicated that in AF patients with contraindications for beta-blockers or calcium channel blockers
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becoming desensitized to the effects of antibiotics due to being unnecessarily overmedicated. Over use of antibiotics for acute otitis media (AOM) can lead to future antibiotic resistant infections. Otitis media is usually a result of a poorly functioning Eustachian tube‚ a canal that links the middle ear with the throat area. Of the three basic types of ear infections‚ acute otitis media may benefit from antibiotics because it is often caused by bacteria. However‚ other types of ear infections
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age (>60 years for COPD cohort‚ and >70 years for CAP cohort). 2.2.B Strengths The study data was collected from routine care from hospital admission throughout 12 UK 12 hospitals‚ which strengthens its generalisability. Also‚ this study considered clinically important outcomes. The follow up was well done; missing data accounted for less than 1%
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Kabab-ji Restaurant Case Study How do customers judge the quality of a restaurant? 1- By friendly and pleasant staff ‚ helpful and knowledgeable people about the products and services they provide. 2- By restaurant hygienic and menu well presented 3- Freshness of the goods used by customers which served in restaurant Customer satisfaction. a. The price‚ quickness of service‚ and atmosphere of a restaurant affect restaurant customer satisfaction. In addition of that quality of both food
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Concept Assignment 3 Acute Stress 1. Acute Stress: a short-term state of arousal‚ in response to a perceived threat or challenge that has a definite endpoint (Huffman & Dowdell‚ 2015‚ p.86). 2. I consider acute stress in my life to be the snowstorms that occurred last winter. During the storms there was the possibility of the heavy snow collapsing the roof of my home‚ or disrupting the electricity service. Worrying about these potential situations caused stressed. However the storms had an endpoint
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Case Studies in Middle Adulthood By Gail Hall BSHS/325 Professor Deborah White September 16‚ 2014 As a part of the human service professional reviewing case studies will be an important part of the job. Not only should we keep notes on every client but we could use them as a reference for future clients. The case studies could become useful if past and future clients have similar cases. In this case study we will examine family‚ social‚ and intimate relationships. Identify
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