Catheterization (Mosby 2012) Patient will empty bladder >30ml an hour Patient will demonstrate clean technique if performing self-catheterization. Evaluation method Measure input and output hourly to obtain accurate measurements. Make sure catheter is free of kinks to allow for proper drainage Rationale Keeping accurate records of I/O will ensure that the patient is evacuating properly. Ensuring patient is free of pain will promote less anxiety and keep vital signs within range. Educating
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References: Tropine Sluphate. (2006) Retrieved September‚ 2009‚ from Daily Med site: http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?id=1628 Catheter Insertion. (2009) Retrieved September‚ 2009‚ from Vanderbilt University Medical Centre site: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=micututorial&doc=772 CVphysiology. (n.d.). Klabunde‚ R.E. (2007): “Frank Starling Mechanism”. Retrieved
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by diagnostic upper endoscopy to identify gastroesophageal junction‚ then the endoscope is pulled out‚ and the RF catheter is introduced over the guide-wire. The balloon of Stretta catheter will inflate at 2 cm proximal to EG junction. Then the electrode needle into the catheter will be deployed and applied radiofrequency energy for 60 seconds. The balloon is deflated‚ and the catheter will rotate about 45 degrees‚ then the process is repeated every 0.5 cm‚ covering an area of 2 cm above and 1.5 cm
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Name: Date: Case study 76: Endocrine INSTRUCTIONS: All questions apply to this case study. Your responses should be brief and to the point. When asked to provide several answers‚ list them in order of priority or significance. Do notassume information that is not provided. Please print or write clearly. If your response is not legible‚ it will be marked as is and you will need to rewrite it. Scenario Y.L.‚ a 34-year-old Asian woman‚ comes to the clinic with complaints of chronic fatigue
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Kelly liu Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy Blood is pumped to the lungs and the rest of the body due to coordinated muscular contractions in the heart. Different cardiovascular diseases can unfortunately affect the heart muscle and cause it to become weak‚ which decreases its ability to pump blood efficiently. Any type of cardiovascular disease‚ such as Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/ Cardiomyopathy‚ which weakens the heart muscle is categorized as cardiomyopathy
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• A thin tube (catheter) will be through the needle and into your blood vessel. The catheter will be guided to the area that needs to be treated. • Dye will be injected through the IV tube and X-rays will be taken. This helps to show the exact location of the blood vessels that supply your tumor. • Chemotherapy medicines and the embolic agent will be injected into your blood vessel. • More X-rays will be taken to make sure the blood vessel has been blocked. • The catheter will be removed
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Premature Infants. 4 (Issue 3)‚ p85-91. * The Gale Group. (2008). Patent Ductus Arteriosus. Available: http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/patent+ductus+arteriosus. Last accessed 10.12.12. * Answers. (2012). Catheter. Available: http://www.answers.com/topic/catheter. Last accessed 10.12.12.
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My First Weeks in Clincal My experience in the hospital for my first clinical was very exciting and scary at the same time! The first day my patient had to have a surgical procedure done and of course‚ I was asked to go with the patient to the surgical waiting area. Thinking nothing of it‚ I go down with my patient‚ another student and the transporter. When we arrive in the prep room for surgery the nurse tells us to follow her so we can get scrubbed up for surgery. I was ecstatic. I go in the locker
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Maternity Rotation Please be familiar with each term prior to the first day of class Be prepared to submit on first day of clinicals and be tested on at end of clinicals ANTEPARTUM 1. Definition- the period before childbirth 2. Reasons for Admission Preterm Labor- uterine contractions causing cervical change that occur between 20-37 weeks of pregnancy. Premature Rupture of Membranes- the spontaneous rupture of the amniotic sac and leakage of amniotic fluid that occurs at any time before labor
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sterile fashion. A rigid cystoscope was advanced traumatically‚ entered the urinary bladder and no gross abnormalities were noted. The right ureter was cumulated under direct and fluoroscopic visualization to the renal pelvis with open ended uteral catheter placed over this. General retro-grade pileouteralgram revealed the normal ureter and renal pelvis with white lower infintubular extravagations.
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