CARDIO Tendon xanthomata: deposition of yellowish cholesterol rich material in the tendons‚ asociared with hyperlipidaemia. Eg on knuckles Xanthelasma: cholesterol deposits around the eyes. Corneal Arcus: deposition of cholesterol/lipid in the cornea. CRP : acute phase of protein produced predominantly by the liver in response to inflammatory cytokines Chest Pain on Xray: evidence of another cause of chest pain such as air in the mediastinum (oesophageal rupture) or aortic dissection
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The Family Structural Theory provides a method in which a nurse is able to identify how family members interact with one another to establish a baseline. These interactions create patterns of behavior that the nurse is able to focus on when assessing how‚ why‚ and under what circumstances family members behave in their assumed roles‚ how they are organized as a family‚ what their established boundaries are‚ and how they are able to adapt when faced with change‚ illness‚ or crisis. If these family
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getting a job right out of college and working about anywhere. Some of the disorders respiratory therapists treat are lung disease‚ heart disease‚ and neuromuscular disorders. They also do breathing disorders such as asthma‚ bronchitis‚ emphysema‚ COPD‚ Cystic Fibrosis‚ pneumonia. Not only can they treat disorders and breathing complications their job is also to diagnose the patient and follow diagnostics procedures. Common procedure respiratory therapists perform are arterial blood gas analysis
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hyperinflation‚ Marked impairment (FEv1 < 35% predicted)‚ Marked restriction activities of daily living‚ and Failure of maximal medical treatment to correct symptoms. Lvrs has considered to be one of the most desirable procedure to relieve dyspnea in many COPD patients who are not eligible for other procedure. The procedure
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practical suddenly made more sense in the context of seeing patients or talking to doctors? Particularly meeting the patient with COPD was very useful for bringing the illness alive and understanding how this is managed. This made all the respiratory conditions and examinations much clearer. If you were a GP managing a patient in the primary care setting with COPD: what elements of what you have learnt about the underpinning science do you think are important in understanding and assessing the
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University Contents:- 1. Introduction 2 2. Perspective on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and Stroke 3 2.1 Professional perspective
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NURSING CARE PLAN Nurs 326 SFSU Student Name: Alena Makarava Instructor/Clinical Site Gerardo Caritan‚ RN‚ MSN Date: 2/26/2015 Ms. X is a 34 year old female. The patient is a G3 P2‚ with both children delivered by C-section‚ with the only complication in both being low birth weights. Ms. X has a longstanding history of hypertension‚ anxiety and depression. Additional health history includes a vitamin D deficiency‚ back surgery in 05/06 due to a herniated disc‚ and two previous cesarean
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hospital costs‚ which lets me know that may be an issue. He also tells me a lot about his wife and is very honest. He admits its getting hard to care for her and that she cannot provide for him like she used to. Then obviously his present illness‚ COPD‚ is why I am concerned about his smoking habit. 4. What information do you need? More information about Henry’s past medical history is needed. Also more about what role he plays at home. Also vital signs and a description of the pain he is experiencing
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English 103 November 7‚ 2012 Works Cited Bailey‚ William Everett. The Invisible Drug. Houston: Mosaic Publications‚ 1996. Print. William Bailey wrote this book on cigarettes with many views from doctors and other professional advisors to show the effects and complications from smoking cigarettes. This book had a lot of information from previous books the was further reviewed and more recent. However‚ because this book is from 1996 I used it for a place to start and find more information about
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Many deaths in the United States result from poor lifestyle choices (Williams & Torrens‚ 2008). Bad habits‚ addictions and lifestyle choices such as tobacco use‚ alcohol consumption‚ sedentary lifestyle‚ recreational drug use and sexual promiscuity can lead to diseases and death. Primary prevention of a disease means to prevent it from occurring. Infants and children are immunized to prevent them from contracting diseases such as measles‚ or polio. Primary prevention of a disease would include
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