Sickle Cell Anemia‚ also known as Sickle Cell Disease‚ is a disease that causes the production of abnormal hemoglobin. The red blood cells (RBCs) carry oxygen to organs and tissues. Hemoglobin‚ a molecule in the RBCs‚ is a protein that attaches to the oxygen in the lungs and carries it to all parts of the body. Hemoglobin takes on the oxygen‚ and releases carbon dioxide‚ a process known as oxygenation. In the tissues‚ deoxygenation occurs where the processes is reversed‚ when hemoglobin releases
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Infant Mortality in the United States Trends in infant mortality are considered to be a barometer of technology and an accurate indicator of the health of a society. Despite technological excellence and numerous social programs offered throughout the country‚ the infant mortality rate (IMR) in the United States continues to be a national concern. For many‚ "infant mortality" brings to mind the deprivation and poverty found in third world countries. Yet in the United States
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of an ABI. Traumatic Brain injury is caused by physical traumas‚ for example an accident‚ neurosurgery‚ head injury or even an assault. Brain injury can also be caused by non traumatic circumstances such as a stroke‚ brain tumours‚ infections‚ hypoxia‚ ischemia or substance abuse. Brain damage caused by neurodegenerative disorders are not classed as an ABI. Injury is referred to as either open or closed. A closed injury is when the brain has been damaged from the brain being bounced around the
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The Passout challenge ‚ played by many teens tweens and sometimes children it can be young as 6-7 but most children first tried the game at about 14 years of age. This Game can be called by many things: the passout challenge‚ hangman‚ fainting challenge ‚ sleeper ‚ blackout‚ funky chicken‚ space monkey‚ flat liner‚ tingling and suffocation roulette‚ the names vary but the most common would be called the pass out challenge. This is important topic to us because we have played it and we know the negative
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FELBRY COLLEGE OF NURSING. TETRALOGY OF FALLOT. Pulmonary Stenosis‚ Ventricular Septal Defect‚ Dextroposition of the Aorta and Right Ventricular Hypertrophy. PRESENTED BY N. TOSAH TO Ms PATIENCE OKOROAFOR RN‚ BSN‚ AS PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE COMPLETION OF THE COURSE REQUIREMENTS FOR NUR 242 (PEDIATRICS) 3/25/2013 ABSTRACT: Tetralogy of fallot is a congenital defect consisting of four anomalies. We will look at the causes of tetralogy of fallot‚ its signs and symptoms‚ how it
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Newborn jaundice Newborn jaundice is a condition marked by high levels of bilirubin in the blood. The increased bilirubin causes the infant’s skin and whites of the eyes (sclera) to look yellow. Causes Bilirubin is a yellow pigment that is created in the body during the normal recycling of old red blood cells. The liver helps break down bilirubin so that it can be removed from the body in the stool. Before birth‚ the placenta -- the organ that nourishes the developing baby -- removes the
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Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airway. The narrowing of air occurs due to the inflammation and excessive mucous secretion. Asthma is know to be the commonest diseases in childhood and in young adulthood. Mr Saunders suffering from asthma encounters exacerbation‚ which commonly means asthma attack or acute asthma leading to shortness of breath‚ wheezing and many other symptoms. Exacerbation refers to decline in expiratory airflow‚ which can bring mild to life threatening conditions
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occurs when the organs and tissues of the body are not receiving an adequate flow of blood. In a sense the circulatory system is failing to effectively deliver oxygen to the cells thus resulting in reduced tissue perfusion. It is characterised by hypoxia and inadequate cellular function that lead to multiple organ failure and potentially death (Kleinpell 2007). This essay will focus on hypovolemic shock in particular‚ and relate it to patient with complications following gastrointestinal bleeding
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Ch. 56-61 (cont) Head Injury -trauma to head‚ including chg in LOC -traumatic brain injury= incr potential for poor outcome -immediately after‚ 2h after‚ 3 wk after‚ death common -*abnormal motor reflex‚ alt eye mvmt‚ hypotension= hypoxia= decr O2 in brain‚ incr ICP greater than 20 GCS measures speech‚ eye‚ motor -if greater than 8= 90% chance recov -if less than 8= 30-70% chance recov Scalp lac- most common type‚ profuse bld‚ complication is infx -skull fx- linear‚ depressed‚ simple
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NRSG258 Acute Care Nursing – S00169019 1- My chosen patient Paul is a 45-year-old man who has torn his rotator cuff during a rugby game. After consultation the surgeon informs Paul that he will require a shoulder arthroscopy with rotator cuff repair followed by rehabilitation. The rotator cuff is a group of muscles and tendons (supraspinatus‚ infraspinatus‚ teres minor and subscapularis) attached to the bones of the shoulder joint. The rotator cuff connects the humerus (upper arm) to the scapula
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