Does diagnostic ultrasound have a role in emergency medicine? Introduction Emergency medicine (EM) is the medical specialty involving care for undifferentiated and unscheduled patients with illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. The specialty is not limited to the emergency department and may be practiced in numerous other settings including urgent care clinics‚ ambulances‚ at disaster sites‚ and even through telecommunications technology‚ known as telemedicine. Diagnostic ultrasound
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Case Study Spinal Cord T.W. NSG/340 Case Study Plan for implementing these physician orders T.W. initial assessment and to stabilize him will be the priority following ABCs. The neurologic assessment every hour will provide T.W. general condition and information that can determine any changes. Oxygen will be given at 4 L per nasal cannula. The next will be stabilization of spine by immobilize the cervical spine to protect the spine and from causing more trauma. The preparation to administer fluid
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze my own experience and the research I found regarding discharge planning. Discharge planning consists of an array of assessments and teachings as the patient moves from one facility (hospital) to another (home‚ nursing home‚ etc.). Essentially‚ this is significant in preventing a patient from re-hospitalization. In regards to my patient‚ she received an assessment and teachings concerning her mental status‚ mobility‚ previous surgery‚ current medications‚ and
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Kidneys play a vital role for the human body. The kidneys act as a filter‚ as they control chemicals that are introduced to the body and regulate the urine that will be excreted. “The kidneys must filter all blood‚ remove waste products‚ reabsorb selected substances needed by the body‚ and secrete what is not needed by the body in the form of urine” (Linn-Watson‚2014). The urinary system consists of two kidneys‚ each of which is connected to the bladder by a ureter. The urine flows from the kidneys
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Cancer Diagnosis‚ Staging and Treatment Cancer is a term used to describe diseases in which there is an uncontrolled division and growth of abnormal cells‚ which have the capacity to invade other body tissues (National Cancer Institute). Cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality; from 2006-2010‚ the incidence rate of all cancers in the US was 463 per 100‚000 per year‚ with mortality being 176 per 100‚000 (National Cancer Institute). This makes cancers the second leading cause of death
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Mr. Purgert sought treatment for those impairments from her primary care physician‚ Steven Mischel‚ D.O. On April 3‚ 2013‚ upon Dr. Mischel’s recommendation‚ Mr. Purgert visited Dr. Something Litchfeld‚ and Dr. Abbas M.D.‚ who are cardiologist‚ to see what is causing his chest pain. Dr. Abbas performed a nuclear stress test‚ which came back as negative‚ however there appeared to be a fixed defect which Dr. Litchfeld thought might be attenuation instread of a right coronary artery blockage. Dr. Litchfeld
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age‚ neonatal hypoglycemia‚ erythrocytosis‚ and hyperbilirubinia. Composite morbidity was present in 59% of untreated GDM‚ 18% of treated GDM‚ and in 11% of nondiabetic subjects (Langer et al‚ 2005). The most common complication was macrosomia/LGA (long gestationa age) which affected 46% and 19% of the newborns from treated and untreated mothers with gestational diabetes‚ respectively. The incidence of fetal death was 5.4. 3.6 and 1.8 per 1000 in untreated‚ treated and nondiabetic mothers‚ respectively
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artery and vein and obstruct urine flow to the ureter. Bilateral obstruction is likely to result in acute renal failure. Recurrent or chronic infection can lead to fibrous scar tissue forming over a calyx‚ leading to loss of tubule function and hydronephrosis. If severe and bilateral‚ it can eventually cause chronic renal failure. Etiology Women are anatomically more vulnerable to infection than men because of the shortness and width of urethra‚ its proximity to the anus‚ and the frequent irritation
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SCHOOL OF NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCE BACHELOR OF NURSING SCIENCE WITH HONOURS ------------------------------------------------- NBNC 2607 CLINICAL PRACTICE 14 SEMESTER JAUNARY/ 2012 ------------------------------------------------- THE NURSING CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF CLIENT WITH PYELONEPHRITIS MATRICULATION NO : 880426565278001 IDENTITY CARD NO. : 880426-56-5278 TELEPHONE NO. : 0173127220 E-MAIL : zatil_qma@yahoo.com LEARNING CENTRE : PETALING JAYA
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parenchyma PROXIMAL to the site of urinary blockage. a. Urinary stasis - hypertrophy and accumulation of urine above the level of blockage b. Hydroureter - accumulation of urine in the ureter c. Hydronephrosis - dilation of the renal pelvics and calyces a. Ureterohydronephrosis - dilation of both the ureter and the pelvicaliceal system 1. Compensatory hypertrophy and hyperfunction - process of counteracting the negative
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