TIAs are powerful forerunners of stroke. Approximately 10% of patients diagnosed as having a TIA have a stroke in the 90 days following the TIA diagnosis‚ with half of them having a stroke within 2 days of the TIA. TIAs are short-lived episodes of acute‚ focal‚ nonconvulsive neurologic dysfunction presumably caused by reversible ischemia to an area of the retina or brain. Onset of symptoms is sudden and often unprovoked‚ reaching maximum intensity almost immediately. Completed Stroke A completed
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Maternal mortality due to sepsis is worryingly increasing through developed and developing countries. This is despite a worldwide effort towards reducing maternal death‚ maternal sepsis during pregnancy remains one of the worlds leading causes of preventable maternal death. In developed countries 3% of all maternal mortality is due to sepsis‚ whilst that figure jumps to 12% in developing countries. Pregnancy affected by severe sepsis or septci shock‚ run the risk of pre-term labour‚ fetal infect
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SEPTIC ABORTION Description Any abortion associated with fever and signs of pelvic or generalized sepsis is considered septic abortion. The infection carries risk of spreading infection to other parts of the body and cause sepsis‚ a grave risk to the life of the woman. Causes A septic abortion can occur due to bacterial infection of the uterus. Also‚ sexually transmitted infections (STI) such as chlamydia may cause septic abortion. Most septic abortions result from illegal abortions but sepsis may
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1. Discomfort during Pregnancy Nausea ‚ Pyrosis and Vomiting Fatigue Breast Tenderness Palmar Erythema Constipation Muscle Cramps Hypotension Varicosities Hemorrhoids Heart Palpitations Frequent Urination Abdominal Discomfort Leukorrhea Backache Headache Dyspnea Ankle Edema Braxton Hicks Contractions 2. Definition: a. Amenorrhea - It is the absence of menstrual flow. b. Quickening - Is the first moment a woman feels fatal movement. - It is the first movement of the fetus
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Labor and Delivery Journal Mariah Mostardi The Univeristy of Akron Author Note Mariah Mostardi‚ College of Nursing‚ The University of Akron. This paper is in fulfillment for the course: Nursing of the Childbearing Family 8200: 350. Due September 17‚ 2013. Instructor Pamela Edenfield‚ MSN‚ RNC-OB‚ CNS‚ IBCLC‚ RLC The topic I have chosen for my journal is placenta previa. My patient‚ 39-year-old M.C came in to the hospital for her fourth cesarean delivery. She has three healthy children
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17: Blood I. Overview: Blood Composition and Functions (pp. 635–636; Fig. 17.1) A. Components (p. 635; Fig. 17.1) 1. Blood is a specialized connective tissue consisting of living cells‚ called formed elements‚ suspended in a nonliving fluid matrix‚ blood plasma. 2. Blood that has been centrifuged separates into three layers: erythrocytes‚ the buffy coat‚ and plasma. 3. The blood hematocrit represents the percentage of erythrocytes in whole blood. B. Physical Characteristics and Volume (p.
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ASSESSMENT OF PRIMARY HEMOSTASIS 1.BLEEDING TIME Bleeding time is used to measure the duration of bleeding after a measured skin incision. Bleeding time may be measured by one of three methods: template‚ Ivy‚ or Duke. The template method is the most commonly used and the most accurate because the incision size is standardized. Bleeding time depends on the elasticity of the blood vessel wall and on the number and functional capacity of platelets. Although this test is usually performed on
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in a patient that has a mechanical heart valve. “Anticoagulants are drugs that reduce formation of fibrin”(Lehne‚ 2010‚ p. 597). The first anticoagulant used to prevent clotting during open-heart surgery in individuals with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) was heparin (Kee & Hayes‚ 2003). Heparin works by binding with antithrombin III causing inactivation of thrombin. When thrombin is inactivated‚ the conversion of fibrin to fibrinogen does not take place‚ preventing clot formation
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Maria Jennifer R. Falcon IV-Nightingale Acute Biological Crisis article [pic] Critical care nursing is a field of nursing that focuses on the provision of care to critically patients‚ unstable patients‚ or pediatric patients. Critical care nursing is usually implemented at the Emergency Room (ER) and at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Because of the unstable nature of the client’s illnesses‚ on nurses who specialize in critical care nursing are allowed to handle them. Nursing assistants‚ Licensed
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Clinical assessment and causes Haemoptysis is a common and non-specific feature of many lung diseases. It can be a sign of significant underlying lung disease. In up to one-third of cases‚ no cause will be found. An early assessment of the likely underlying cause needs to be made and investigated accordingly. Diagnostic approach to haemoptysis Small volume haemoptysis is a commonly encountered problem in the out-patient department. It can be safely and efficiently investigated as an out-patient
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