Case Study: Pneumonia and Pressure Ulcer Prevention in an Elderly MICU Patient June 6‚ 2012 Case Study: Pneumonia and Sepsis in an Elderly MICU Patient L.M. is a 75-year-old female who suffers from severe dementia and lives in a SNF. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2005 and as a result had a right upper and middle lobectomy. She also has a history of severe emphysema. L.M. has had several pneumonic infections and has an allergy to Pneumovax. She has a recurrent
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handling of patients. Secondly this assignment will go on to describe how poor manual handling can affect Patients. There are many problems that can arise from incorrect manual handling‚ therefore this assignment will focus on the risk of pressure ulcers and will also describe what staff can do to help minimise this risk. Finally‚ this assignment will then look at how poor manual handling can affect staff‚ particularly concentrating on the risk of back injury and how Healthcare professionals can reduce
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Ferreiro________________________________ Date: 9/5/14 Client’s Initials: R.S. Admission Date: 7/30/14 Age: 96 Sex: f___ Race: __w____ Religion: Jewish Allergies: Phenobarbital Diet: NPO Activity: Bed rest Admitting Medical Diagnosis (es): Sacral decubitus ulcer‚ polymicrobic sacral osteomyelitis Past Medical History (including past surgical history): Illnesses include: 1) Renal insufficiency 2) Anemia 3) hyperthyroidism 4) CHF 5) Dementia 6) hypertension 7) Atrial fib 8) MI 9) atherosclerotic heart
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The Effects Maggots Have on Wounds Stacie Brown ENGL 321 November 19‚ 2012 Abstract The purpose of this study was to review the literature in an attempt to determine the efficacy of maggot debridement therapy (MDT) of skin ulcers (e.g. diabetic foot ulcers‚ venous stasis‚ osteomyelitis)‚ with specific focus on assessing the healing time and amputation rate. Maggot therapy utilizes freshly emerged‚ sterile larvae of the common green bottle fly‚ Phaenicia (Lucilia) sericata‚ which secrete
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dressings work on healing ulcer wounds or is there other dressings that show greater results”? Researching this question‚ Ovid was used. 687 results appeared‚ this was too high of a result. So the research question was reworded “Are Silver dressings more effective than other dressings on open wounds”? Again using Ovid‚ on an advanced search‚ this yielded 0 results. The question was then rephrased to‚ “Is there supporting evidence that silver dressings work on the healing of ulcer wounds?” 350 results
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A. (1996) Compression Bandaging in the treatment of venous leg ulcers. Journal of Wound Care. 5‚ 9‚ 415-417. Nursing Midwifery Council. (2002) Code of Professional conduct London. Nuremberg Code‚ (1947) (1949) Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals under Control Council Law. US Government
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outcomes and a greater patient satisfaction score overall. Through this process‚ healthcare workers could learn to prevent nursing-sensitive indicator‚ such as pressure ulcers‚ by turning or repositioning patients at least every two hours. Being proactive throughout the hospital will reduce the number of hospital acquired pressure ulcers and help the healing process of those that were present upon admission. This also aids in a better patient satisfaction
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Lethargy 1. A lowered level of consciousness‚ with drowsiness‚ listlessness‚ and apathy. Lethargy is a fairly imprecise description of the feeling or slowness‚ sluggishness‚ tiredness‚ or lack of energy. Lethargy in common usage may mean many things‚ including fatigue‚ drowsiness (sleepiness)‚ lethargy‚ tiredness‚ malaise‚ listlessness‚ or weakness (including muscular weakness). The causes of these other similar symptoms also need to be investigated in researching a symptom of lethargy. Nevertheless
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daily care of patients‚ could have assisted the nurses involved in this particular case in many ways. Knowing the risk of pressure ulcer development with the use of restraints could have helped the nurse prevent one in this patient. The bedside care providers‚ the nurse‚ as well as‚ the CNA would have recognized the reddened area as the first stage in pressure ulcer development. They would have been more meticulous with skin assessments and repositioning with the use of restraints in this elderly
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food industry are becoming strong industry of a Karachi‚ the number of people due to short of time couldn’t able to make traditional home food instead they order fast food (Burger‚ Pizza) for their diet‚ which caused many health problems (Gastric‚ Ulcer‚ Food Poisoning) and there are also some people who eat fast food for fun. While a single meal won ’t wreck your diet‚ eating fast foods on a regular basis does cause adverse health effects. Excess sodium‚ from highly salted foods‚ can cause disease
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