The night of December 2‚ 1984 could have been like any other night in Bhopal‚ but around 11:00 PM‚ one of the world’s largest industrial tragedies in history decimated the city and scarred its inhabitants for life. Imagine the feeling of waking up in the middle of the night‚ unable to breathe‚ eyes burning‚ and chaos erupting in streets. Death and disarray in every place you look and life as you know it ending in agonizing flooding of your lungs as they collapse in upon themselves. This terrible
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intake. Inadequate food intake resulted in less than body requirements that his body needs to stay healthy. His kidneys inability to regulate excess fluid caused increased water retention in his extremities and throughout his body. He had +1 pitting edema in his lower and upper extremities. Excess fluid retention led to Mr. B being short of breath on exertion and fatigued. Being fatigued caused Mr. B to sleep large amounts during the day which caused him to not wake up much to eat his meals regularly
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Common Fibular Nerve Lesion Following a Tibial and Fibular Spiral Fracture: a Case Report By: Jose Shimokawa SPT Introduction Tibial fractures are the most common long bone fractures and frequently associated with fibular fractures—in part‚ due to forces being transmitted across the interosseous membrane to the fibula.1 Fractures are generally managed by closed reduction or open reduction internal fixation (ORIF)‚ 2 which is usually followed by a period of immobilization. The most common impairments
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Nursing Intervention for Hypertension • Monitor blood pressure • Note the central and peripheral pulse quality • Auscultation of heart and breath sounds • Observe skin color‚ moisture‚ temperature and capillary filling time • Observe the general edema • Provide quiet environment‚ comfortable • Suggest to reduce activity. • Maintain restrictions on activities such as recess ditemapt bed / chair • Help perform self-care activities as needed • Perform actions such as a comfortable back and neck
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Inflammation of the airway and hyper responsiveness of the airway to internal or external stimuli are characteristics of asthma. -Acute asthma results from increasing airway obstruction caused by bronchospasm and bronchoconstriction‚ inflammation and edema of the lining of the bronchi and bronchioles and production of thick mucus that can plug the airway. Because alveoli cannot expel air‚ they hyperinflate and trap air in the lungs. The client breathes faster‚ blowing off excess CO2. Other pathiohysiologic
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HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Patient Name: Patrick Platt Patient ID: 771033 Room No: 560 Date of Admission: 08/30/---- Admitting Physician: William Payne‚ MD Admitting Diagnosis: Rule out fracture of left arm. CHIEF COMPLAINT: Pain and swelling‚ left upper arm. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: The patient is an elderly male‚ who fell four days prior to admission. He noted immediate pain and swelling in the area just above his left elbow. He presented to the emergency
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During renal failure‚ the kidneys are unable to perform their life maintaining functions. Waste products and fluids build up (uremia)‚ leaving the patient feeling nauseated‚ itching‚ short of breath‚ fatigued. The patient may also experience edema‚ loss of appetite‚ feel irritable‚ or have trouble thinking clearly. It may also be possible the kidneys may stop working so slowly that the patient won’t notice any of these symptoms. The degree of renal failure can be measured by blood and urine
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heart diseases. The heart muscles becomes weak with patients with CHF. When this happens‚ blood returns to the heart and gets congested due to inability to pump blood out of the ventricles (Johns Hopkins Medical Center). Some of the symptoms include edema‚ shortness of breath‚ rapid weight gain and loss of appetite. Therefore C.W’s fluid status should be monitored because of his past medical history of CHF. Fluid can accumulate in any part of the body especially the peripheral area. If care is not
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Synovex Synovex also called testosterone propionate was developed in the late 50’s. This testosterone contains a short fast acting ester. It comes in anabolic form. It is a very popular form of testosterone because of its property of fast acting ester. Other qualities like little water retention capability and minimal side effects make it popular among the masses. It is mostly used as a veteran drug for animals. It comes in the form of sterile implantation pallets. The number of pallets in each cartage
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overloading or overusing the ankle joint‚ thus‚ it could be one of the above mentioned diagnoses. The Two top Ranked diagnosis: 1. Stress fracture 2. Peroneal Muscle Tendonitis The rationale behind this diagnosis is that the case symptoms showed pitting edema‚ redness and warmth which might occur due to the increase of the blood flow
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