client prune juice. d. encourage the client to drink more fluids. a. report it to the charge nurse. 6. The proper medical abbreviation for before meals is a. p.c. b. b.i.d. c. a.c. d. t.i.d. c. a.c. 7. A client diagnosed with hypertension will most likely have a history of
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Research Summary Hunter Jones MICT III Clinical Johnson County Community College Research Summary Heat stroke is defined by Knochel and Ouchama (2002‚ p. 1978) as “a core body temperature that rises above 40°C (105°F) and that is accompanied by hot‚ dry skin and central nervous system abnormalities such as delirium‚ convulsions‚ or coma.” Heat stroke can be the result of either exposure to a high environmental temperature or from an elevated core temperature due to strenuous exercise
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desmethylimipramine‚ an active metabolite. Approximately 86% of imipramine is bound to plasma proteins. It is excreted primarily as inactive metabolites‚ up to 80% in the urine and up to 20% in the feces. Owing to the lower clearance of imipramine in plasma‚ elderly patients require lower doses of imipramine than patients in younger age groups. DRUG INTERACTIONS : phenytoinany other antidepressant‚ or medication to treat mental illness bladder or urinary medicines such as darifenacin‚ tolterodine‚ solifenacinbronchodilators
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Madam C.J. walker was born December 23‚1867 in Near Delta‚ Louisiana. Madam C.J Walker’s birth name was Sarah Breedlove. She created special hair products for African American hair and was a self-made millionaire. She suffered from scalp alignment that resulted in hair loss. This inspired her to make African American hair products in 1905. According to biography.com‚ she promoted her products very well; she traveled to different places and gave lectures to people about her line of products. Her growing
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Q1: Causes of atrial fibrillation A 58-year-old woman comes to the emergency department with a-3-days history of difficulty breathing and unpleasant feeling of rapid and irregular heartbeats. Additional history taking reveals that she has a 7- week-history of unintentional weight loss‚ anxiety‚ and difficulty sleeping at night. She smokes 10 cigarettes per day for the past 15 years. Her blood pressure is 100/55 mmHg‚ temperature is 36.5 °C and her pulse is irregular at a rate of 140 to 150 beats
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diagnosis and treatment of colonic ischemia can be challenging since it is prevalent in patients who are debilitated and have multiple medical problems. Here we present an interesting case of recurrent ischemic colitis leading to colonic stricture in an elderly female with multiple medical problems. Case
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the complete physical exam the doctor‚ make an evaluation of hearing‚ vision‚ blood pressure‚ pulse‚ and other essential markers of health and illness. A physical exam may reveal acute or chronic medical cases like an infection‚ chronic arterial hypertension‚ or chronic renal failure that could be causing confusion and other dementia-like symptoms. On the other hand‚ in the laboratory test the doctor may test the patient some test including blood tests‚ electroencephalography‚ or brain scans. These
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When a person ages their body goes through many changes‚ physical things such as the persons respiratory‚ cardiovascular‚ nervous‚ muscular-skeletal‚ endocrine system and the persons skin are affected. An ageing person will also experience changes psychologically‚ things such as the risk of mental illness increases with age. And physically‚ for example decreased eyesight and hearing abilities. Some of the physical effects of ageing in an individual can be loss of fat‚ due to the breakdown of their
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down by retiring. This theory claims that elderly individuals systematically disengage
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Introduction In this paper I will be discussing a patient who at 49 years of age became incapacitated by a left sided cerebrovascular accident (CVA) following a motor vehicle accident. To keep her identity completely confidential‚ I will be referring to her as Mary. I will not refer to any medical staff or buildings by name for this same reason. Mary had two seizures while in hospital recovering from the motor vehicle accident (MVA). Mary ’s recovery was progressing normally but was compromised
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