Clubfoot Definition: A clubfoot is a congenital deformity involving one foot or both. The affected foot looks like it has been rotated internally at the ankle. Without treatment‚ people with club feet often appear to walk on their ankles or on the sides of their feet. It is a relatively common birth defect‚ occurring in about one in every 1‚000 live births. Approximately half of people with clubfoot have it affect both feet‚ which are called bilateral club foot. In most cases it is an isolated
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brought him to the hospital after complaints of severe pain in his abdomen. He was feeling nauseous for a few days prior to the pain‚ but started vomiting yesterday. Case Study: Diagnostics • • • • Abdominal CT Scan CBC CMP Urinalysis Diagnostics: Abdominal CT Scan • Results of the CT scan show that the patient has acute diverticulitis with micro-perforation in the colon. Diagnostics: CBC Admission (High/low/wnl) Day of Care (High/low/wnl Reason for abnormality & Nursing Implications WBC 4
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Patient scenario The patient Mr. Smith was diagnosed with prostate cancer 5 years ago. It seemed as if his condition was worsening so he visited his physician who performed a physical examination on him. A physical examination has many components they include observing the signs of a disease by checking for signals like change in skin pigment or alertness. Then there is checking vital signs such as blood pressure‚ heart rate and temperature by comparing your results to a standard. Next step the
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Last week‚ we have given the opportunity to take tour in the Davao Doctors Hospital to see the Specializations in Radiologic Technology such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging‚ Computed Tomography‚ Nuclear Medicine and etc. After seeing the different modalities‚ I felt happy because it is my first time to take a look and encounter any kinds of machine. Before‚ I was expecting that being a radiologic technologist is a hard job. But then when I had given the chance to see and know what their works are
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results at the time of admission showed a WBC count of 13. CT scan done in the ED revealed an acute appendicitis with phlegmon. HOSPITAL COURSE: This 46 year old Caucasian gentleman presented to the ED with a 3 day history of abdominal pain; however‚ over the past 24 hours it had radiated and migrated to the right lower quadrant causing a significant amount of anorexia with some guarding. With an elevated white blood cell count of 13 and a CT scan consistent with appendicitis‚ the patient was taken
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you provider may refer you to a cardiothoracic or vascular surgeon. Diagnostic tools used to find arterial damage often depends on the location of the problem. Most common tools used to diagnose or find blood vessels irregularities are CT scan and ultrasound. CT scans complies with x-ray’s to examine the internal structures of the body‚ this permits providers to see the condition of the blood vessels‚ as well as blockage‚ bulges‚ and weak
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Lab/Imaging: Lab results at the time of admission showed a WBC count of 13. CT scan done in the ED revealed an acute appendicitis with phlegmon. Hospital Course: This 46-year-old Caucasian gentleman presented to the ED with a three day history of abdominal pain. However over the past 24 hours it had radiated and migrated to the RLQ causing a significant amount of anorexia with some guarding. With an elevated WBC of 13 and a CT scan consistent with appendicitis‚ the patient was taken to the operating
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114 Harvard Business Review October 2011 HBR.ORG Roberto Verganti is a professor of the management of innovation at Politecnico di Milano and the author of Design-Driven Innovation (Harvard Business Press‚ 2009). How companies can systematically create innovations that customers don’t even know they want by Roberto Verganti ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGICAL opportunities is becoming increasingly easy. Thanks to the collaboration the internet has made possible and the open innovation it has spurred
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LAB/IMAGING: Lab results at time of admission showed a WBC count of 13. CT scan done in the ED revealed acute appendicitis with a phlegmon. HOSPITAL COURSE: This 46-year old Caucasian gentleman presented ED with a three day history of abdominal pain. However‚ in the past 24 hours it radiated and migrated to the RLQ causing a significant amount of anorexia with some guarding. With and elevated WBC count of 13 and a CT scan consistent with appendicitis the patient was taken to the operating room
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history‚ including any history of cancer in your family. This information will help your doctor decide how likely it is that you have lung cancer and whether you need tests to be sure. Lung cancer is usually first found on a chest X-ray or a CT scan. More tests are done to find out what kind of cancer cells you have and whether they have spread beyond your lung. These tests help your doctor and you find out what stage the cancer is in. The stage is a rating to measure how big the cancer is and
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