During Patient Y’s stay on the maternity unit‚ various laboratory studies were drawn via the patient’s blood sample. After arriving on the unit‚ Patient Y had routine blood drawn‚ which includes a rapid plasma regain (RPR)‚ CBC and differential‚ and a type and screen. Please refer to Appendix B. The RPR was drawn to test for syphilis‚ which is a sexually transmitted disease. Patient Y’s RPR was nonreactive‚ which indicates that she does not have syphilis. Patient Y’s CBC and differential was within
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Focus Questions #1 1. Relate each client’s current manifestations to the pathophysiology of shock to determine what type of shock the client could be experiencing. Shock is a syndrome characterized by decreased tissue perfusion and impaired cellular metabolism. The patient Richard Tanner has been admitted to the CCU for r/o myocardial infarction. The patient has not prior history of cardiac problems though he has been treated for the last 5 years for cholesterol totaling 285 (HDL 35‚ LDL 212)
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Chapter 28: Care of the High-Risk Mother‚ Newborn‚ and Family with Special Needs High-risk pregnancy One in which the life or health of the mother or the infant is jeopardized by a d/o that is associated with or exists at the same Morbidity State of being diseased Mortality Quality or state of being subject to death Classifications of high-risk factors of pregnancy Biophysical‚ Psychosocial‚ Sociodemographic‚ Environmental Biophysical Genetic considerations‚ nutritional status‚ medical
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provider supported this decision‚ even though dialysis is the only effective treatment for this patient’s condition. After discussing dialysis with the patient and the family members‚ they also discussed withholding medical treatment including resuscitation and mechanical ventilation. The client and the family members decided together that these measures were not wanted in the client’s future medical
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References: Beddoe‚ A. E. and Lee‚ K. A. (2008)‚ Mind-Body Interventions During Pregnancy. Journal of Obstetric‚ Gynecologic‚ & Neonatal Nursing‚ 37: 165–175. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2008.00218.x Beddoe‚ A Braveman‚ P.‚ Marchi‚ K.‚ Sarnoff‚ R.‚ Egerter‚ S.‚ Rittenhouse‚ R.‚ & Salganicoff‚ A. (2003). Promoting access to prenatal care: Lessons from the California experience. Menlo
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Key words: high reliability‚ electronic fetal monitor (EFM)‚ category II fetal heart rate (FHR) Huddle Up for Fetal Safety: Strategies to Improve Outcomes In the mid-1990s‚ the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) sponsored a series of workshops to standardize definitions of electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) fetal heart rate (FHR) characteristics. The common language they developed to describe fetal heart rate tracing patterns‚ which
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Congenital pouch colon Review of articles & Case presentation Dr. Mautaz Al Ani Pediatric surgeon European board - pediatric surgery E.B.P S Iraqi board - pediatric surgery F.I.B.M.S Congenital pouch colon Introduction Incidence Etiology and Embryogenesis Classification Types Management Complication CASE PRESENTATION Recommendation Introduction : The colon is replaced by a pouch-like dilatation associated with anorectal agenesis. Communicates with the urogenital tract by
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Health Care Museum Shannon I Hardy HCS/235 October 6‚2014 Steve Linerode Health Care Museum Development Description Analysis (How does the development affect the current U.S. health care system?) 1. Public Health As stated by Committee for the Study of the Future of Public Health; Division of Health Care Services‚ Prior to the eighteenth century there was several epidemics of plague‚ cholera‚ and smallbox‚ which provoked sporadic public efforts to protect citizens in the face of a dread
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adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) Plot At the beginning of the film‚ Lorenzo (played by Noah Banks and also Zack O’Malley Greenburg) is a bright and vibrant young boy living in the Comoros Islands‚ as his father Augusto (played by Nick Nolte) works for the World Bank and is stationed there. However‚ when his parents relocate to the United States‚ he begins to show neurological problems‚ such as loss of hearing‚ tantrums‚ etc. The boy is diagnosed as having adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)‚ which is fatal within
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)‚ 328(7453)‚ 1427-1429. Ignatavicius‚ D. (2013). Medical-surgical nursing: Critical thinking for collaborative care (Revised/Expanded ed.). St. Louis‚ Mo.: Elsevier Saunders. Mitra‚ B.‚ Fitzgerald‚ M.‚ Cameron‚ P.‚ & Cleland‚ H. (2006). FLUID RESUSCITATION IN MAJOR BURNS. ANZ Journal Of Surgery‚ 76(1/2)‚ 35-38. doi:10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03641.x U.S
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