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    phases include electrical (lasting 0 to 4 minutes from time of cardiac arrest)‚ circulatory (lasting 4 to 10 minutes from time of cardiac arrest)‚ and metabolic (lasting > 10 minutes from time of cardiac arrest)‚ and they require specific treatments. Weisfeldt and Becker‚ (2002) Sudden cardiac death occurs in the setting of acute insult including acidosis‚ acute myocardial infarction‚ cardiac tamponade‚ hypoxia‚

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    Case Study‚ Chapter 13‚ Fluid and Electrolytes: Balance and Disturbance 1. Mrs. Dean is 75-year-old woman admitted to the hospital for a small bowel obstruction. Her medical history includes hypertension. Mrs. Dean is NPO. She has a nasogastric (NG) tube to low continuous suction. She has an IV of 0.9% NS at 83 mL/hr. Current medications include furosemide 20 mg daily and hydromorphone 0.2 mg every 4 hours‚ as needed for pain. The morning electrolytes reveal serum potassium of 3.2 mEq/L. (Learning

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    Week 4 Chapter Questions Assignment Instructions: Type your answers IN BOLD‚ following the selected Checkpoint questions. Week 1 Chapter 1 1. What is the basic difference between anatomy and physiology? (p. 2) ANSWER: Anatomy is the study of body structure and Physiology is the study of body function. 2. Define each of the following terms: atom‚ molecule‚ cell‚ tissue‚ organ‚ system‚ and organism. (p. 6) ANSWER: atoms‚ the smallest units of matter that participate in chemical reactions

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    we lose to the environment. The upkeep of normal fluid balance includes regulating the content and sharing of body water in the ECF and the ICF. The digestive system is the main source of water gains; a small amount of extra water is generated by metabolic activity. With electrolyte balance‚ it involves balancing the amounts of absorption across the digestive tract with amounts of loss at the kidneys. Everyday our body fluids gain electrolytes from drinks or foods we take in‚ and in turn‚ loose them

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    An in vivo value of pH < 6.9 or pH > 7.8 can be life threatening. Differences in only a few tenths of a pH unit can cause illness or death. So it is important for our body system to maintain its physiologic pH. Acidosis is the condition when pH drops too low. Alkalosis results when the pH is higher than normal. Two species are required in a buffer solution. One is capable of reacting with OH- and the other will react with H3O+ and they must not react with each other. Many buffers

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    Decomposition‚ Exchange‚ & Reversible. • Define electrolyte. • Define Acid‚ Base‚ and Neutral compound. How are acids and bases represented on the pH scale? How do hydrogen ion concentrations change as the numbers change? • What is Acidosis? Alkalosis? • What distinguishes an Organic compound from an Inorganic compound? • *Give Examples and Characteristics of the 4 types of Organic Molecules. Reference Table 2.8.

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    hinder the absorption of calcium. Carbonated water also decreases satiety and improves dyspepsia‚ constipation and gallbladder emptying [2]. Sucrose What it is: simple sugar What it does: Can be converted into a form for entry into the primary metabolic pathway in which the chemical energy of its bonds is converted into ATP. Glucose What it is: Glucose is a carbohydrate‚ and is the most important simple sugar in human metabolism. Glucose is one of the primary molecules which act as energy

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    Forks Over Knives is a documentary directed by Lee Fulkerson that focuses on the studies of Colin Campbell and Caldwell Esselstyn‚ who pioneered the idea that a whole food plant-based diet can prevent or even reverse diseases that come from eating animal foods. This documentary did a phenomenal job of arguing in favor of a whole food and plant-based diet due to their excellent use of real life examples‚ scientific and clinical trials‚ and abundance of evidence proving animal based foods are detrimental

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    DIABETES MELLITUS * Chronic multisystem dz ‚ abnormal insulin production / impaired utilization * Disorder of glucose metabolism related to absent/ insuff insulin supply or poor utilization of inslin that’s available * 7th leading cause of death * leading cause of blindness‚ ESRD‚ lower limb amputation * contributing factor for heart dz/ stroke risk 2-4 x higher than without DM * INSULIN – hormone produced by cells in islets of Langerhans of pancreas. Normal – continously

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    NRS 339L: Hyperglycemia Cindy Clair & Sara Scaggs Northern Kentucky University 1. Type 1 Diabetes: Formerly known as juvenile onset diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an immune-mediated disease. The body’s own T cells attack and destroy pancreatic beta (B) cells‚ which are the source of insulin. In addition‚ autoantibodies to the islet cells cause a reduction of 80-90% of normal B cell function before hyperglycemia and other manifestations occur. (Mosby‚ 2011)

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