Running Head: Integrated Pathophysiology Integrated Pathophysiology Paper Confidential RNSG 2463 Instructor Date Integrated Pathophysiology 2 Patient Data Mr. F. is a seventy-three year old Caucasian male who is twice divorced and lives alone in Sweetwater‚ Texas. He has two children living‚ and two deceased children. Both of his parents are deceased; his father died at the age of sixty-nine of prostate cancer‚ his mother at the age of seventy-two of a stroke. He is self-employed‚ owning
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• Ureterocele • Ureterocele • A ureterocele is a cystic out-pouching of the distal ureter into the urinary bladder. • Affects the kidney‚ ureter‚ and bladder • An abnormality that develops during embryo development • It is present at birth but may not be discovered until later in life. • There is no known prevention for this condition • Ureterocele Background • The clinical rate of ureteroceles has been found to be approximately 1 in 4000 pediatric admissions • Occurring almost entirely
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consists of the kidneys‚ ureters‚ urinary bladder‚ and urethra. The kidneys filter the blood to remove wastes and produce urine. The ureters‚ urinary bladder‚ and urethra together form the urinary tract‚ which acts as a plumbing system to drain urine from the kidneys‚ store it‚ and then release it during urination. Besides filtering and eliminating wastes from the body‚ the urinary system also maintains the homeostasis of water‚ ions‚ pH‚ blood pressure‚ calcium and red blood cells. Kidneys The kidneys
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In the background of the nonstop increase in patients who need to transplant a part of body for survival‚ the law prohibiting the widespread of trading human organs in numerous nations is being a controversial issue. The information from “Topics for today” (Smith and Mare‚ 2004) as well as reference of other resources presenting in this paper does express two different perceptions. While most of ethical and political organisations oppose to transaction human organs‚ I still belive that it is necessary
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London‚ Canada record 87‚000 individuals who did not share the athletes’ good fortune stand on the U.S. national waiting list for organs. Of the 82‚000 waiting for kidneys or livers‚ about 6‚000 will die in the next twelve months.” So with those statistics you can partly image the huge number of people who are waiting for organs such as kidneys or livers each year. However unlike other diseases‚ the cure for those patients can not be produced by artifical materials in the factory‚ what those people need
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Internal Medicine‚ Loyola University Medical Center and Edward Hines‚ Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital‚ Maywood‚ Illinois; and 3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering‚ Illinois Institute of Technology‚ Chicago‚ Illinois ABSTRACT When the kidney is subjected to acute increases in blood pressure (BP)‚ renal blood flow (RBF) and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) are observed to remain relatively constant. Two mechanisms‚ tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF) and the myogenic response‚ are thought
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After 48h hours‚ i.e. on 10th day‚ an hour after test drug administration the animals were sacrificed and blood was collected from retro-orbital puncture. The blood was allowed to clot and the serum was separated for biochemical estimations. The kidney was dissected out‚ kept in 10% formalin and used for antioxidant and histological examination. Assessment of renal
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almost no white blood cell observed in the urine. (b) High red blood cell count in the urine indicates that there is an injury occurring at any site of the urinary tract‚ including kidney‚ bladder and urethra. Besides‚ high red blood cell count may associate with cancer‚ blood disorder‚ kidney stones or some kidney problems. However‚ high red blood cell count in the urine might also occur due to menstruation in
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Organ donations and Transplants in Humans: It can help someone else because there are certain organs that you cannot live without‚ but of course it’s after the donor has passed away and is in good condition “Organ transplantation is the surgical removal of an organ or tissues from one person (the donor) and placing it in another person (the recipient). Organ donation is when you allow your organs or tissues to be removed and given to someone else. Most donated organs and tissues are from people
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urinary system can be directly impacted. For example in hemorrhagic shock‚ when the body is rapidly depleted of circulating blood volume‚ the kidneys are often one of the first vital organs affected due to lack of perfusion. The kidneys are dependent on the sufficient cardiac output that the heart delivers. So when the heart is not functioning properly‚ the kidneys cannot do not perform their functions correctly and cause harm to the rest of the body. In the case study the patient is hospitalized with
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