still face the fight against the condition due to its underdiagnosis and undertreatment. It is worth noting that with careful physical examination and evaluation of disease history‚ unnecessary diagnostic procedures and the need for expensive equipment can be avoided. Given the rising concern about childhood obesity‚ this paper will discuss several issues. These include the history‚ epidemiology‚ etiology‚ course and prognosis onset‚ and how the disorder is represented in the DSM IV TR with its associated
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HISTORY AND PHYSICAL Patient Name: Adela Torres Patient ID: 132463 Room No.: 541 Date of Admission: 06/22/---- Admitting Physician: Leon Medina‚ MD Admitting Diagnosis: Stomatitis‚ possibly methotrexate related. CHIEF COMPLAINT: Swelling of lips causing difficulty swallowing. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: This patient is a 57-year-old Cuban woman with a long history of rheumatoid arthritis. She has received methotrexate on a weekly basis as an outpatient for many
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information C. an assessment D. a diagnosis 2. In a hospital setting‚ the care provider takes the patient ’s history‚ details the reason the patient is being admitted and performs a physical exam. The report of this information is known as the: A. initial progress note B. discharge summary C. history and physical D. SOAP note 3. The SOAP documentation format is most commonly used in which healthcare setting? A. hospital inpatient B. physician ’s office C. hospital emergency department
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ED THROUGHPUT 2 Introduction A visit to the emergency department (ED) is usually associated with negative thoughts by most people. It creates preconceived images of overcrowded waiting rooms and routine long waits for treatment (Jarousse‚ 2011). From 1996 to 2006‚ ED visits increased annually from 90.3 million to 119.2 million (32% increase). During this same time period‚ the number of EDs has declined by 186 facilities creating the age old lower supply and greater demand concept (Crane & Noon‚ 2011)
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History of C+ The creation of C++ was first put into motion in 1979 by its creator Bjarne Stroustrup. Bjarne was working on his PhD thesis at Cambridge University. He was using a large and detailed simulator‚ that he had written in Simula‚ to simulate running software over a network of computers. He found programming in Simula enjoyable and was impressed by how the programs class structure helped him organize his code. As the size of his program increased‚ he found that the language became increasingly
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Adverse Trends in the Emergency Department Lori Davis HCS/482 April 21‚ 2014 Lynn Bertsch It is no secret that the wait times and length of stay for patient’s within the Emergency Department (ED) has steadily increased over the past several years. With that‚ comes adverse events affecting all patients alike. According to Weston (2013)‚ “Falls and delays to treatment are the major contributors to serious and sentinel events” (pg. 33). Data collection has now been utilized to capture
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“ED sees critical capacities” Emergency Department (ED) crowding is a public health crisis associated with negative patient outcomes including increased mortality and complication rates. Decreased quality in delivery of care is affected by lack of resources to support the increased use of emergency services and is a factor that leads to delays in treatment and untimely interventions. According to the article‚ Dr. Gordon‚ an emergency medicine physician and director of the Neighborhood Hospital
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Health History and Examination Health Assessment of the Head‚ Neck‚ Eyes‚ Ears‚ Nose‚ Mouth‚ Throat‚ Neurological System‚ and the 12 Cranial Nerves Skin‚ Hair‚ Nails‚ Breasts‚ Peripheral Vascular System‚ Lymphatics‚ Thorax‚ Heart‚ Lungs‚ Musculoskeletal‚ Gastrointestinal‚ and Genitourinary Systems Save this form on your computer as a Microsoft Word document. You can expand or shrink each area as you need to include relevant data for your client. Student Name: Date: Client/Patient Initials:
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bottom of the pile‚ to the least authoritative positions. Men were the head coaches‚ and the head of the physical education departments Men organized the teams schedule for the season and organized practice hours. Also‚ "male sexist attitudes ensured that male rather than female athletic directors and heads of physical education departments were almost automatically appointed to direct merged departments" (Hult p.96) This male over female preference continued right up to today. As of 1992 there are more
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Improving Patient Throughput In the Emergency Department Introduction St. Vincent’s Medical Center‚ a 501 bed facility located in Jacksonville‚ Florida‚ provides general medical and surgical care to the North Florida Region. St. Vincent’s admits over 26‚000 patients annually. The average occupancy rate is approximately 84% with the Emergency Department (ED) peeking at 100% for approximately 4-12 hours daily. The hospital is struggling with availability of bed space. This shortage of available
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