Dementia Simulation Prep- Complete before the Simulation Open Docucare and review patient Cora Smith Read the article: Belavic‚ J.M. ‚ (2009). Alzheimer’s disease: A tangle of the mind. Nursing Made Incredibly Easy.7 (5)‚ 26-33. 1 Describe the pathophysiology for Dementia. Mechanisms leading to dementia include neuron degeneration‚ compression‚ atherosclerosis‚ and trauma. Genetic predisposition is associated with the neurodegenerative diseases‚ including Alzheimer and Huntington diseases. CNS infections
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1 TYPE 2 DIABETES Andrea Jimenez Sullivan University Pathophysiology with Pharmacology I-07 November 15‚ 2013 Type 2 Diabetes 2 Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disorder resulting from the body ’s inability to properly use insulin. This is called insulin resistance. Insulin resistance means the body does not respond when insulin is present. This is the most
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Admitting Diagnosis : embolic cerebral vascular accident (CVA)‚ right side Current Medical/Surgical Diagnosis: chronic left ventricle thrombus on anticoagulant‚ hypertension‚ chronic kidney disease stage 3 Past Medical/Surgical History: metastasis of prostate cancer‚ primary; bone cancer‚ secondary; cardiomyopathy‚ a central hypertension‚ left bundle branch lock‚ past substance abuse‚ congestive heart failure; removal of throat abscess (date unknown); tonsillectomy (date unknown) Family/Cultural/Ethnic
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Nursing Management of Patient with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Anxiety A.C. is a 41 year old female‚ with a medical history of diabetes mellitus type II (T2DM)‚ anxiety‚ hypertension (HTN)‚ cerebrovascular disease (CVD)‚ end stage renal disease (ESRD)‚ bacteremia‚ diabetic gastroparesis‚ and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)‚ who was admitted to the hospital for a fever. The patient is allergic to penicillin and Regland6e. The patient had a transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE)
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Mount Carmel College of Nursing Columbus‚ Ohio Nursing 521: Advanced Pathophysiology CASE STUDY#1: CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE Stephanie Barber September 21‚ 2011 INITIAL HISTORY: 66 year-old white male increasing shortness of breath over the last month noticed feet and ankles swelling by end of the day has occasional episodes of chest tightness has been waking up in the middle of the night with acute
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Pancreatitis Brandon C. Hyatt Salem State University The first part of this paper will be an overview of the pathophysiology of pancreatitis‚ which is an inflammation of the pancreas‚ and the second part will elaborate on my clinical experience with a patient I was taking care that suffered from pancreatitis. The pancreas is the organ within the human body that is located underneath the stomach and is responsible for insulin production and other certain digestive enzymes. Inflammation in the
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NON-INVASIVE PARAMETERS FOR THE DETECTION OF VARICEAL BLEED IN PATIENTS OF LIVER CIRRHOSIS‚ AN EXPERIENCE OF A TERTIARAY CARE HOSPITAL IN PAKISTAN Anam Umar (First author & corresponding author) Affiliation: Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Email address: anam_umar@hotmail.com Mobile no: +923478300237 Fakhar Ali Qazi Affiliation: Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre Email address: dr_ar_lumhs@yahoo.com Mobile no: +923332724599 Rukhsana Abdul Sattar Affiliation: Jinnah Postgraduate
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Nyia Ware How does pathophysiology and exercise help an individual recover as well as prevent the chronic disease ischemic stroke? The University of West Alabama Chronic diseases affect a numerous number of individuals around the world. An ischemic is considered as the third leading cause of death in the United States among other chronic diseases. Even though this chronic disease affects every ethnicity‚ the African American population and females are more likely to have a stroke than
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1. Review the anatomy of the brain. Which portion is responsible for keeping you awake‚ controlling thought‚ speech‚ emotions and behavior‚ maintaining balance and posture? Emotions and behavior are controlled by the hypothalamus (p.455) The cerebellum is responsible for maintaining balance and posture (p.455) The reticular formation is essential for maintaining wakefulness and in conjunction with the cerebral cortex is referred to as the reticular activating system (p.450) The Broca speech
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failure may also develop by other contributing risk factors‚ such as cigarette smoking‚ diabetes‚ high cholesterol‚ obesity‚ and hypertension (Lewis‚ et al‚ 2007‚ p. 821). Other risk factors may include the physical structure of the heart. For example‚ a patient may have endured damage to the heart due to a myocardial infarction‚ or a heart attack. Pathophysiology: The heart is a vital organ in the human body. It functions to pump deoxygenated blood to the lungs and oxygenated blood to the
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