CHA2DS2-VASc risk Score Congestive heart failure (any history) 1 Hypertension (prior history) 1 Age ≥75 years 2 Diabetes mellitus 1 Stroke/transient transient ischemic attack/thromboembolism history 2 Vascular disease (e.g.‚ myocardial infarction‚ peripheral vascular disease or aortic plaque) 1 Age 65-74 years 1 Sex (female gender) 1 CHA2DS2-VASc of the patient in the question stem would be 1 (for congestive heart failure) + 1 (for hypertension) + 2 (for age >75 years)‚ i.e.‚ he has a total
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30 cc/hour for the past 4 hours since admission. When reviewing the patient’s laboratory results the nurse notes the BUN is 60 and a creatinine of 1.2. 1. What type of renal failure is most often seen with dehydration? Acute Renal Failure. 2. What signs and symptoms noted by the nurse are characteristic of renal failure? Dehydration‚ blood pressure of 90/60‚ heart rate of 100 bpm‚ dry skin with decreased turgor‚ dry oral mucous membranes are dry‚ BUN level of 60 and creatinine of 1
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ALM # 3 BURNS Case Presentation: 21 y/o male involved in industrial fire. Patient was welding a steel structure when a spark from the torch ignited a barrel of flammable material that was inadvertently placed in his work area. Patient sustained full-thickness burns over the upper half of his chest and circumferential burns to bilateral arms. Patient also sustained superficial partial-thickness burns to face‚ neck and bilateral hands. His entire abdomen‚ upper half of his back and front of
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I. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to thank our beloved family for their support and understanding when we are doing this case. To our group mates who shared their ideas and knowledge‚ for the patience‚ for the understanding‚ encouragement and hard work that they had given through the entire process and helped bring out the best in us during our hard time on the hospital duty. We would like to express our gratitude on the management and staff ofUnciano Medical Center and to our Clinical Instructor
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Our Lady of Fatima University College of Nursing Fairview‚ Quezon City A Case Study on Leptospirosis In Partial Fulfilment Of the Requirement in Out Patient Department Related Learning Experience Table of Contents Case Summary………………………………………………………...............…..……...4 I. Introduction……………………………………………………..........……......5 II. Patient’s Profile……………………………………….............….……………7 III. Pathophysiology………………………………………...........………………..8 IV. Nursing Care Plan…………………………............
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HIV/AIDS‚ Malaria and Other Diseases: MDG6 strive to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS and the incidence of malaria and other major diseases. Most of the indicators show positive trends‚ particularly in the case of HIV prevalence among pregnant women‚ and detection and provision of health care for TB patients. The latter has been achieved and the former is likely to be. This can be attributed to swift and focused action on the part of the government‚ particularly in the case of TB. However‚ the year on
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) also known as Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathy (HMSN) is a genetic heterogeneous disorder with a common clinical phenotype. It’s the most common inherited neuromuscular disease‚ with there being 200‚000 cases in the EU (Pareyson and Marchesi‚ 2009). CMT is a group of diseases that affect the periphery nerves in the body‚ motor and sensory nerves are affected however in some rare cases only the motor nerves are affected; distal hereditary motor neuropathy (dHMN)
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Assessment 1:Case Study 1250 words (40%) Overview You are required to complete a pathophysiological template for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in relation to a case study and answer three questions. To complete the template you must summarize the relevant information for each component. This summary may consist of a combination of sentences‚ flow diagrams and dot points where relevant. The information in the template must be accurately referenced using the APA referencing style
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Policy and practice impacts of research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council A case study of the Future of Work programme‚ approach and analysis Steven Wooding‚ Edward Nason‚ Lisa Klautzer‚ Jennifer Rubin‚ Stephen Hanney‚ Jonathan Grant Policy and practice impacts of research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council A case study of the Future of Work programme‚ approach and analysis Steven Wooding‚ Edward Nason‚ Lisa Klautzer‚ Jennifer Rubin‚ Stephen Hanney‚ Jonathan
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Running head: Psychosocial Development 8 Stages of Moral Development By: Tammy Tajeddine NTC Psychosocial Development My immediate purpose is to provide the audience with a well-researched theory on moral development according to Eric Erikson. I chose Erikson’s theory because of his passion on this topic and his research included himself. Experiencing feelings of ‘not belonging’ from early on‚ he was prompted due to questions about his own identity as he grew. I hope to give the
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