Acute Kidney Injury (Paper #6) Tracy Gilbert ITT Earth city Acute Kidney Injury (Paper #6) “Acute kidney injury (AKI) describes the spectrum of acute-onset kidney failure that can occur with critical illness; it replaces the traditional term acute renal failure (ARF) and acute tubular necrosis (ATN).” (Urden‚ Stacy‚ & Lough‚ 2012‚ p. 400). “In renal failure‚ acute or chronic‚ one most commonly sees patients who have a tendency to develop hypervolemia‚ hyperkalemia‚ hyperphosphatemia‚ hypocalcemia
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after head injury remained significantly increased for as long as 12 years‚ irrespective of the severity of the injury‚ results of a case-control study showed. Among young adults‚ the risk disparity ballooned to more than a fivefold difference‚ Scottish investigators reported online in the Journal of Neurology‚ Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. Overall‚ patients with a history of head injury had more than a twofold greater risk of death than did two control groups of individuals without head injury. “As
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Sports head injuries There are many dilemmas that plague sports. Some of those can range from bribing‚ cheating‚ racism‚ and sports safety. In the past the NBA had to deal with the betting scandal involving Tim Donaghy and baseball has had to deal with the issue of performance enhancers. The sports industry generates around half a trillion dollars a year and it has to deal with multiple dilemmas at the youth‚ college‚ and professional level. A growing issue with sports has been the number of injuries
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individuals who are admitted into the hospital with the case of severe head injury. There are more than seventy-thousand individuals who survive serious head injuries‚ but many of them suffer long term consequences‚ such as impaired physical‚ cognitive‚ and psychosocial human function. This can significant impair every part of an individual’s daily life‚ such as personal‚ familial‚ social‚ educational‚ and recreational. With a serious head injury‚ something about the person might change and be affected‚ meaning
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Injuries! In Sports! People say that sports can hurt you‚ and and they can‚ but how? Injuries from sports can hurt you or people by breaking bones‚ causing brain damage‚ or hurt children if they play high-impact sports at a younger age. In the first place‚ breaking bones and brain damage are two of many causes of sports related injuries. A 17 year old boy Hortonville junior‚ says “He knew the helmet-to-helmet collision was a hard hit‚” and shook it off. The problem is- he did not know that he got
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Introduction Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious public health problem in the United States. Each year‚ traumatic brain injuries contribute to a substantial number of deaths and cases of permanent disability. A TBI is caused by a bump‚ blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain. Not all blows or jolts to the head result in a TBI. The severity of a TBI may range from “mild‚” i.e.‚ a brief change in mental status or consciousness to “severe
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What is a brain injury? What does being "brain-injured"? A brain-injured patient is a person with severe brain damage that result in achieving the thought process. Brain damage may occur after: - Head injury - An aneurysm or stroke - A tumor - A brain abscess - Following a disease affecting the nervous system (multiple sclerosis‚ Behcet’s disease ...) Consecutive brain damage such accidents and diseases often cause coma‚ neurological damage and cognitive impairment. What problems does it
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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can occur frequently and may cause serious damage. TBI can happen when a bump‚ jolt‚ blow‚ or any head injury causes damage to the brain. MIllions of people a year suffer brain injuries in the United States alone. More than half of those million incidents require the patient to be taken to a hospital because of the severity of the injury. Depending on how severe the injury is‚ it could cause serious brain damage and potentially be life threatening. Half of all TBIs occur
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Fluid Percussion Brain Injury (FPI) Model – Miami: Animals were anesthetized (70% N2O‚ 1-3% isoflurane‚ and 30% O2) 24 hr prior to injury and surgically prepared for parasagittal FPI as described previously.19 Briefly‚ a craniotomy (4.8 mm) was performed at 3.8 mm posterior to bregma and 2.5 mm lateral to midline. A plastic injury tube was placed over the exposed dura and affixed to the skull with adhesive and dental acrylic. The scalp was then sutured closed‚ and the animals were allowed to recover
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traumatic brain injury? Do you know what causes traumatic brain injuries? The most common traumatic brain injury is a concussion. One of the most common causes of a traumatic brain injury is not wearing a helmet. Traumatic brain injuries caused by not wearing a helmet can ruin your life and cost you lots of money. A concussion can ruin your life for forever and a day. “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury each year in the
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