A. The Patient with A Disturbance in Oxygenation Objectives: At the end of this unit the student will be able to: 1. Identify the natural defense mechanisms of the respiratory system‚ and correlate changes in these defense mechanisms with respiratory dysfunction. 2. Describe effects of aging on the respiratory system. 3. Identify significant assessment data that should be obtained from a patient. 4. Describe pH and the mechanisms that regulate acid-base balance. 5. Describe the common
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The thyroid gland is the gland that makes and stores hormones that help regulate the heart rate‚ blood pressure‚ body temperature‚ and metabolism. Thyroid hormones are essential for the function of every cell in the body. They help regulate growth and the rate of chemical reactions in the body. Thyroid hormones also help children grow and develop. The thyroid gland is located in the lower part of the neck‚ below the Adam’s apple‚ wrapped around the trachea. It has the shape of a butterfly with two
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Paradigms in Nursing Christian Bernard T. Uy Athabasca University Abstract All nurses strive to provide the highest quality standard of care to all patients. Each one bases their practice to what theory they think and believe is right and most appropriate. This paper explained the definition of the three major paradigms and how they had contributed in everyday nursing practice by providing clinical experiences. Keywords: empirical methods‚ interpretive methods‚ critical methods‚ nursing science
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Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disease. It most commonly affects the thyroid‚ frequently causing it to enlarge to twice its size or more (goitre)‚ become overactive‚ with relatedhyperthyroid symptoms such as increased heartbeat‚ muscle weakness‚ disturbed sleep‚ and irritability. It can also affect the eyes‚ causing bulging eyes (proptosis). It affects other systems of the body‚ including the skin‚ heart‚ circulation and nervous system. It affects up to 2% of the female population‚ sometimes appears
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neuropathology of temporal lobe epilepsy. Armstrong D‚ PubMed:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmedo S G. J. Chelune (1995) – Hippocampal adequacy versus functional reserve: Predicting Memory functions following Temporal Lobectomy. Archives of clinical neuropsychology‚ Vol. 10‚ No. 5‚ pp 413-432 (1995). Squire‚ L.R. et al. (2004) – The medial temporal lobe. Annual review of Neuroscience‚ 27‚ 279-306. Van Hoesen GW‚ Hyman BT‚ 2003 –‘Hippocampal formation: anatomy and the patterns
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June 6‚ 2012 Case Study: Pneumonia and Sepsis in an Elderly MICU Patient L.M. is a 75-year-old female who suffers from severe dementia and lives in a SNF. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2005 and as a result had a right upper and middle lobectomy. She also has a history of severe emphysema. L.M. has had several pneumonic infections and has an allergy to Pneumovax. She has a recurrent aspiration risk and received a tracheostomy and a PEG tube in January 2012. On Aril 25‚ 2012‚ L.M. was
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Lung Cancer The deadliest kind of cancer is lung cancer. People suffer each year from its devastating and lasting effects. It is the foremost cause of cancer death and is the second most common type of cancer. Men and women both have lung cancer. It affects over 200‚000 people every year in the United States. 116‚900 men and 103‚350 women were diagnosed with lung cancer in 2009 according to the American Cancer Society. Also‚ 159‚390 people have died from lung cancer in this year. African American
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1. PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Lesion of vocal cords. POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Tumor of left vocal cord. OPERATION PERFORMED: Laryngoscopy. The patient is a 25-year-old student of opera who presented with a lesion of her left vocal cord seen on office laryngoscopy. Today she is seen in the ambulatory suite for further examination of this lesion‚ using the operating microscope. After the administration of local anesthesia‚ a direct endoscope is introduced. The operating microscope is brought into the
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Adenocarcinoma Carly MacKenzie Technical College High School Lung Cancer Lung cancer is “the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in one or both lungs”. These abnormal cells do not carry out the functions of normal lung cells and do not develop into healthy lung tissue. As they grow‚ “the abnormal cells can form tumors and interfere with the functioning of the lung‚ which provides oxygen to the body via the blood”. There are two major types of lung cancer‚ non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small
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Lung Cancer Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer among both men and women. There are two different types of lung cancer: nonsmall cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. There are also many different things that can cause lung cancer‚ but the number one cause for lung cancer is tobacco use. What is lung cancer? This is a question that a lot of people are still asking. Lung cancer is definitely something to want to be educated about so that it can be recognizable. There are healthy
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