CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE “Prevention is the better then cure” we all have heard this as children and we even preach it to our children‚ but are we really respecting our bodies or abusing it. Does being regular at the gym and having a attractive body be the benchmark for good health… We have often read & heard that someone died after returning from workout‚ on the football field‚ while at work and majority of the times while asleep. These are some of the classic cases of death by what we term
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rash) • Grade II: Grade I symptoms + bleeding (epistaxis or nosebleeding‚ gingival bleeding‚ hematemesis or upper gastrointestinal bleeding; e.g: vomiting of blood)‚ and melena or dark stool. • Grade III: Grade II + Circulatory Collapse (hypotension‚ cold clammy skin and weak pulse) • Grade IV: Grade III + Shock. Diagnostic Tests and Management 1. Complete blood count to detect elevated white blood cell count‚ decreased platelet count (thrombocytopenia)‚ and increased hematocrit.
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Blood pressure From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For information about high blood pressure‚ see Hypertension. |Blood pressure | |Diagnostics | |[pic] | |A sphygmomanometer‚ a device used for measuring arterial pressure. | |MeSH |D001795
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Learning Outcomes Safe and Effective Care Environment 1 Assess the patient with a fluid or electrolyte imbalance for falls‚ especially older adults. 2 Use safety precautions to prevent injury or death when administering parenteral potassium-containing solutions. 3 Supervise the oral fluid therapy and intake and output measurement aspects of care delegated to unlicensed assistive personnel. Health Promotion and Maintenance 4 Teach healthy adults and patients how to prevent dehydration.
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Technology in Practice Part II: Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Background of Technology Before tThe intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) became a successful piece of technology‚ it was first introduced by Harken in 1958 in hopes of treating left heart failure (IABPumpers‚ 2006). Harken thought that by removing a certain amount of blood from both femoral arteries during systole‚ and rapidly replacing it during diastole‚ he could augment the cardiac output and increase coronary perfusion. However
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Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) Iman binti Jeffrey 0611750 Outline Definition Epidemiology Etiology Pathogenesis & Pathology Clinical features Investigations Diagnosis Differential diagnosis Treatment Prognosis Definition Postinfectious polyneuropathy involving mainly motor but sometimes also sensory and autonomic nerves Affects people of all ages and is not hereditary Most patients have a demyelinating neuropathy‚ but primarily axonal degeneration is documented
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Student Name: __Shelley Birdwell___________________________________Date:_____5/6/2015_________ Patient’s Initials: ___L.A__ Age: ___78_ Medical Diagnosis: _CHF________________ Subjective Data: He has loose watery stool for the past 12 hours‚ CHF‚ perineal area has become excoriated and tender. Objective Data (Head to Toe Assessment including Vital Signs): SOA‚ pulse oximetry reading is 88%‚ bilateral crackles in the lower lobe‚ BP102/60-T 101 F‚ P 104‚ RR 32‚ he is receiving IV fluids @ 80 ml/hour
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Fall Assessment: The Impact of falls in the Elderly Grand Canyon University: NRV433V-1030 Date: November 01‚ 20013 Falls and its related injuries is alarming problem with the elderly population that needed prompt attention of authorities and society‚ impact on the elderly population is serious. In the article many aspect of falls and its impact in the elderly population is studied. It is important to reduce the associated risk factors of falls in the elderly. Falls continued
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MegaCode Case Study Chamberlain College of Nursing Professor Amber Essman Critical Care (NR 340) July 11‚ 2013 MegaCode Case Study 1. Describe the preoperative and postoperative care of a client having PTCA/cardiac cath. What complications can occur post cardiac cath? The goal of PCI (percutaneous Transluminal intervention) is to open the blockage in the coronary artery. By opening the area that is blocked‚ it will help to reperfuse the myocardium. The faster this is done will help
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Kristin Rupich is an acute care nurse practitioner in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. In this article‚ Rupich examined six research studies investigating the use of hypothermia in patients with a traumatic brain injury. The effects associated hypothermia as on patients with a secondary brain injury. This article also discusses the complications that arose throughout the process‚ as well as the outcomes of the research studies and the patients in the hypothermia and normthermia groups. In the United States
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