Does diagnostic ultrasound have a role in emergency medicine? Introduction Emergency medicine (EM) is the medical specialty involving care for undifferentiated and unscheduled patients with illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. The specialty is not limited to the emergency department and may be practiced in numerous other settings including urgent care clinics‚ ambulances‚ at disaster sites‚ and even through telecommunications technology‚ known as telemedicine. Diagnostic ultrasound
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Benefits of Medical Abbreviations There are many benefits of medical abbreviations. One benefit of medical abbreviations is how much easier it makes it to read a chart. This speeds up the process by knowing the abbreviations and the use of them. It is nice to simplify things by using medical abbreviations when it is a busy day. The other reason to use medical abbreviations is so that only the medical personnel will know what is being described. It is a very efficient way of maintaining a patient’s
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1. Procedure Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) is performed when a patient has disease of the coronary arteries. This is usually caused by atherosclerosis which is clogging of the arteries or hardening by cholesterol of plaque. Coronary Artery Bypass is done to improve the blood flow of the heart. The surgeon bypasses the obstructed artery using a healthy artery that is harvested from another part of the body and placed in the heart to reroute the blood flow around the blocked area. Usually the
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ANATOMY Anatomy‚ Physiology‚ & Pathophysiology Roots‚ Prefixes‚ and Suffixes 1. a- without or absence of: (asepsis‚ avascular tissue) 2. ab- away from: (abduction) 3. acro- top or end: (acromion process) 4. ad- to or towards: (adduction‚ adductor muscle) 5. aesth – feeling: anesthesia) 6. –algia pain: (neuralgia) 7. ambi- both: (ambidexterous) 8. amubl- walk: (ambulatory) 9. an- without: (anaerobic respiration) 10. ante- before‚ in front of: (antecerebellar)
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OBJECTIVES At the end of this Nursing Case Study‚ the student-nurse will be able to: General Objective:  Present the condition called Systematic Lupus Erythematosus in relation to the patient’s clinical manifestations‚ treatment and general health status Specific Objectives:  Identify the causes of Systematic Lupus Erythematosus that can be traced in relation to the case/condition of the patient  Explain the nursing care performed to the patient with Systematic
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However‚ in cases in which the persons with immunodeficiency‚ or a immune deficiency‚ an “effective cell-mediated immune response” may fail to occur and thus allow the disease to further progress and possibly spread from the lungs (“Tuberculosis”). A tuberculosis infection outside of the lungs is called extrapulmonary tuberculosis. In these instances‚ the kidney and bones are more commonly prone to infection. In the kidney‚ tuberculosis proposes little to no symptoms‚ but may destroy part of
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Introduction In the pediatric population‚ chronic subdural fluid collection is group of related condition termed as extracerebral (or extra-axial) fluid collection (1). Chronic subdural fluid collection can present as chronic subdural hematoma or subdural effusion (2). The term subdural hygroma‚ subdural hydroma‚ chronic subdural hematoma and beningn extracerebral fluid collection etc have been used very loosely in past to describe the same entity. While the condition of benign external hydrocephalus (benign
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fluid over the past few weeks. His chest x-ray showed bilateral interstitial opacities and pleural effusions‚ which means he has an accumulation of fluid in his interstitial space. He has had a productive cough with clear sputum and his lung sounds were clear in the bilateral upper lobes and then gradually diminished in the bilateral lower lobes. His diminished lung sounds may have been due to the pleural effusions found on the x-ray. His CT scan displayed patchy consolidation which also could support
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1. Group A Strep is least likely to cause which of the following complications: a) scarlet fever b) necrotizing faciitis c) impetigo d) subacute bacterial endocarditis e) glomerulonephritis 2. Septra is used in AIDS patients to prevent which opportunistic organism? a) Pneumocystis carinii b) M. tuberculosis c) S. pneumoniae d) CMV e) Cryptococcus 3. Severe bloody‚ afebrile diarrhea is associated with what bacterial infection? a) Salmonella infection
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References: Brashers‚ V.L. (2008). Alterations of cardiovascular function. In S. Huether‚ & K. McCance‚ (Ed.)‚ Understanding pathophysiology (4th ed.) (pp.606-675). St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier. Brashers‚ V.L. (2008). Alterations of pulmonary function. In S. Huether‚ & K. McCance‚ (Ed.)‚ Understanding pathophysiology (4th ed.) (pp.693-713). St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier. Kara‚ M. (2005). Preparing nurses for the global pandemic of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Journal
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