Deep Vein Thrombosis - A Patients Guide What is a deep vein thrombosis (DVT)? A DVT is a blood clot that has developed in one or more of the deep veins in the leg. The vein may be partially or completely blocked and this may cause pain‚ swelling‚ and redness in the affected limb. Why might DVT occur? Sometimes a reason cannot be found‚ but the following have been identified as potential risk factors for developing a DVT: Previous thrombosis or family history Pregnancy Recent surgery/Trauma
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Lab 4: Blood Pressure Name: Stephen Fletcher Journal Questions Directions: Answer the following questions about your lab. Submit via Assignments in the Course Tools menu. 1. State a problem about the relationship of age and gender to blood pressure. Blood pressure tends to increase with age and males are generally more susceptible to having high blood pressure. 2. Use your knowledge about the heart and the circulatory system to make a hypothesis about how the average blood pressure for a group
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Aaisha Saif Abdullah AL Moqbali 89799 SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NURSING DEPARTMENT CHILD HEALTH NURSING CLINICAL: NURS 4001 EVIDENCE BASED DRUG STUDY * During your posting select 3 drugs from each clinical area * A total of 15 drugs to be written. * Preferably select a drug you have not studied in detail. * Do not repeat the drug. | paracetamol | Chlorpheniramine | dexamethasone | Age | 12yrs | 12yrs | 4yrs | Sex | f | f
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Background: Systemic embolism is a common complication of infective endocarditis‚ most frequently involving the central nervous system‚ spleen‚ kidney‚ liver‚ and iliac or mesenteric arteries but embolisation to coronary artery causing sudden cardiac death is infrequently encountered. Case presentation: A case of 45 years old male who had coiling for anterior communicating
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history and elimination of other probable causes‚ including: cerebrovascular causes such as stroke‚ tumor‚ or intracranial haemorrhage‚ and cardiovascular causes such as arrhythmia or myocardial infarction. Mr. KH ’s presentation during the attack was also consistent with criteria and symptoms of situational syncope‚ specifically cough syncope. Syncope is classified according to its suspected pathophysiology as follows: Neurally-mediated reflex syncopal syndrome referring to a reflex that‚ when
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MODULE 3 Innate Immunity 1. Describe the composition‚ function‚ and the purpose of physical‚ mechanical‚ and biochemical barriers‚ The first line of defense against damage and infection is composed of tightly associated epithelial cells including those of the skin and the mucous membranes of the GI‚ GU‚ and respiratory tracts. The highly interconnected mucosal epithelial cell junctions prohibit the passage of microorganisms. Many infectious microorganisms are mechanically cleansed
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GNT1 Task 1 Advanced Pathophysiology Assessment of Geriatric Patient with Multisystem Failure The key immediate assessment of the patient to assess homeostasis‚ oxygenation and level of pain would be: breath sounds oxygen saturation respiratory rate and pattern vital signs cognitive ability urine output finger stick glucose restlessness If available lab results‚ I would like to see the resulted complete blood count with differential and complete metabolic
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REVIEW OF LITERATURE Intracranial Aneurysm The normal functioning of brain requires continuous supply of oxygen and othernutrients. Brain which consists of more than 86.1± 8.1 billion neurons have a highmetabolic rate compared to other cells found elsewhere in the body(Azevedoet al.‚ 2009).The physiological demands for these cells are served by the densest vascularnetworks in the human body which receives 15% of cardiac output and 20% ofoxygen utilized by the body (Kumar et al.‚ 2003). A compromised
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Chemoembolization is a procedure that combines chemotherapy and embolization. Medicines that stop or slow the growth of cancer cells (chemotherapy) are delivered directly to a tumor‚ through a blood vessel. At the same time‚ a type of medicine or a synthetic material (embolic agent) is put into the blood vessel to create a blockage (embolization). This cuts off blood supply to the tumor and traps the chemotherapy in place. The goal of this procedure is to slow or stop the growth of a cancerous
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