After Cancer Therapy‚ Urich Is Busy Again His ``vital Signs’’ Show Debuts Tonight. Ads by Google By Robert Strauss‚ FOR THE INQUIRER POSTED: February 27‚ 1997 Robert Urich says on the phone he’s feeling a little queasy‚ but you can hardly blame the guy. It’s 2 p.m. in L.A.‚ and he’s just finished a two-day course of chemotherapy - what he hopes is his last for the soft-tissue cancer called synovial sarcoma that the actor has been dealing with since last summer. ``They pulled the plug out
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ADMISSION REPORT Patient ID: 903321 Date of Admission: 03/27/2013 Emergency Room Physician: Alex McClure‚ MD Admitting Diagnosis: Ectopic pregnancy. CHIEF COMPLAINT: The patient presents to the emergency room this morning complaining of lower abdominal pain. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: The patient states that she has been having vaginal bleeding‚ more like spotting‚ over the past month. She denies the chance of pregnancy‚ although she states that she is sexually active and using no birth control
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Vital Signs Vital Signs (Cardinal Signs) – measurable‚ concrete indicators that are essential for life. 1. Body Temperature – the degree of the body heat that is a result of the balance maintained between heat produced and heat lost by the body. a. Methods of Temperature measurement i. Oral – under the tongue – most commonly used ii. Rectal – in the rectum – most accurate (children 7 – 80-90/min. iii. Children 1-7 – 80-120/min
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Heath care system is growing dramatically and the innovation of technology has high impact in the quality of the services. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is one of these technology that used digitals technologies to collect data and information from individual or health care facilities to transmitted to health care providers for treatment design or prevention plan. RPM devices have the capability to collect a wide range of health data‚ such as weight‚ blood pressure‚ blood sugar‚ blood oxygen levels
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Vital Signs The measurements of assessments that are included in the vital signs 1. temperature 2. pulse 3. respiration 4. blood pressure 5. pain Differences between core and surface temperature: 1. core – temperature of the deep tissue of the body 2. surface – temperature of the skin Classifications of fevers: 1. constant – remain elevated consistently and fluctuates very little 2. intermittent – rise and fall – sometimes goes back to normal temperature 3. remittent – similar
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Do observations of vital signs really indicate how sick a child is? - Would this be an effective triage tool? Introduction This assignment will look at papers that are relevant to the research question posed; it will consider their validity‚ scope of relevance and whether further research may be needed either to answer the question or to clarify aspects of research already completed. Traditionally emphasis is placed on vital sign recording to indicate the severity of an illness‚ and with the
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Vital Signs For this essay I will be explaining vital signs. Vital signs are a very important factor in assessing the patient. They are used to describe basic body functions. Vital signs also vary depending on the age of the patient. It is important to take vital signs more than once while dealing with a patient. This is to notice changes in the body and to tell whether they are getting better or worse. If you do not get this information you may be unaware of an important condition and information
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EFFECTIVE DOCTOR PATIENT COMMUNICATIONS INTRODUCTION 1. Patients who rate communication with their physicians as excellent are four times more likely to believe they have received excellent health care than those who do not. Also patients who like the way their physician communicates with them are more likely to comply with their doctor’s recommendations and less likely to sue for medical malpractice in the event of a negative outcome. 2. Good doctor-patient communication is influenced
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| Preparing the Office for Patients Arrival | Office Duties | | India HornsbyHS 120‚ Section 01Unit 5 Project 2Kaplan University | 4/3/2012 | | There are a number of duties that should be completed before the patients arrive to the office. Preparing ahead of time will help with the flow of the day. If employees get everything completely prepared for that day more than likely the day will be less stressful and the office will run smoothly. Employees should always arrive earlier
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upper respiratory tract A: Arteriosclerosis—leading to heart failure‚ insufficient blood supply to heart and brain‚ and confusion Hypernatremia: Think of “SALT” -Skin flushed -Agitation -Low-grade fever -Thirst Chvostek’s and Trousseau’s signs; Tetany‚ irritability‚ and seizures: Hypocalcemia Hypomagnesemia Hyperphosphatemia Electrolyte imbalances which can potentiate dig toxicity: Hypokalemia Hypomagnesemia Hypercalcemia Electrolyte imbalances which can cause dysrhythmias:
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