Chapter 6 – Case Study 1 Mr. E.‚ age 53‚ has a history of alcoholism and came to his physician because of recent anorexia‚ nausea‚ and diarrhea‚ as well as heart palpitations and fatigue. He has been taking his diuretic tablet‚ but not his vitamin and mineral supplement. An ECG and blood tests indicate hypokalemia. Discussion Questions 1. Discuss the possible factors contributing to his electrolyte imbalance and the rationale for his signs and symptoms. 2. What are the signs of hypokalemia and
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Analysis During the experiment‚ a dialysis bag was used to mimic a cell membrane. Two ways why this model realistically represents a cell is because the dialysis bag is semi-permeable‚ like a cell. The bag was able to allow water in‚ as the size of the water molecule was small enough to be able to fit through the pores of the bag. Sucrose was not able to pass through as the molecules were too big to enter. This is similar to a cell because the size of a molecule can determine whether or not the
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J.L. SOAP NOTE Subjective J.L. is a 63-year-old white female who presented to the ER with right lower extremity pain and swelling with subsequent changes to the skin‚ including formation of bullous ulcers. She had blistering over the past four days that started to enlarge. The doctor prescribed her Bactrim. Erythema‚ swelling‚ and pain progressively got worse. She denies any fever or chills. PMH: COPD‚ Hypertension‚ Diabetes mellitus‚ Osteoporosis‚ Fibromyalgia‚ Osteoarthritis‚ Morbid obesity
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Question 1 Mr. Jones‚ aged 70 years‚ has a history of Left Ventricular Failure and has been admitted to a medical admissions unit with dyspnoea and is found to be tachycardic. He is accompanied by his wife. a) Discuss the immediate care that would be given by the multidisciplinary team to aid Mr Jones dyspnoea. (12Marks) Feedback Question 1a: Those who did well: demonstrated a clear understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the heart and
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DEATH SUMMARY Patient Name: Putul‚ Barua Patient ID: 135799 Room No.: CCU4 Date of Admission: 01/07/2014 Date of Death: 01/15/2014 00:41 Admitting Physician: Simon William‚ MD‚ Pulmonology Consultants: J.K. McClain ‚MD Cardiology / Treveor Jordan‚ Nephrology This 42 year-old gentlemen was admitted on January 7th and expire on January 15. He was admitted with progressive tachycardia‚ hemoptysis‚ and dyspenia. Please see his admission history and physical exam for details. HOSPITAL
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Urinary System The urinary system has many things that could go wrong if you’re not taking care of yourself properly one of the diseases is called Painful Bladder Syndrome also known as ‘PBS’. This disorder is chronic and could possibly causes lots of pain‚ inflammation and because of these things it could cause your bladder to have a limit on how urine it could hold at a time. Which in result you have the urge to empty your bladder often‚ your physician will be able to diagnose this by doing a
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Living On Dialysis By Ruth Bautista Change is unsettling to most people. And one of the most unsettling change we experience is life is having an illness. Illness brings unwanted change and it also brings unwanted emotions. More often than not those emotions do not feel safe. These cause us to feel out of control and without foundational security. It causes us to lose our moorings and set us adrift on a frightening sea of unfamiliarity. Take patients with kidney failure for example. Most of
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When I was a kid back then I was dreaming of going to America. My parents advises me to study hard and pick a profession that is in demand every part of the world. I was so not prepared on what profession that is in demand so my sister Belinda who was studying Nursing at The University of Santo Tomas encouraged me to follow her footstep. I was contemplating to take Medicine but my brother Manolo who was an Intern at the Jose Reyes Memorial Hospital in Manila was complaining of sleepless night
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1. The hypothesis if water is added to the cup then the mass and volume will decrease because water will go into the tubing to decrease solute concentration was supported by the data found in Table 1 and 2 because the cup holding the dialysis tubing with the protein solution’s mass decreased by 7.61 grams and the volume decreased by 17.3 milliliters while the mass of the cup with the tubing holding glucose solution also decreased by 1.19 grams and the volume decreased by 2.2 milliliters (Emma Ricks
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Etymology Epidemiology (Occurrence) The frequency depends on the incidence of natural disasters and environmental trauma‚ e.g. earthquakes. In local areas where there are epidemics of viral myositis (muscle inflammation) In urban areas with a high incidence of drug and alcohol abuse Causes little or no death unless it is associated with the secondary complications of rhabdomyolysis‚ including hyperkalemia‚ hypocalcemia‚ and acute kidney injury It tends to affect males more than females because
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