days in a six month period. The staff all hate seeing his name on their list of clients to treat for the day. You see he is thought of as a lifer‚ someone who spends their life in one hospital to the next. His main health problem is that he needs dialysis‚ but refuses to take responsibility for himself. I feel the hospital‚ society‚ and he has let himself down. Mostly we as members of the healthcare team and society by enabling him to keep being admitted and not take responsibility for himself. I
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EXCRETION Excretion is the removal of unwanted substances such as toxic materials and wastes products of metabolism from organisms. These unwanted substances can be :- 1. Waste products from body metabolism (chemical reactions in the body). 2. Excess water and salts taken in with the diet. 3. Spent hormones. 4. Drugs and other foreign substances. Excretion occurs in specialized organs of the body called the excretory organs. There are two excretory organs in human body :- a) Lungs b)
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chemotherapy). • Specific by stage: Stage Ia1: Total simple hysterectomy‚ either vaginal or abdominal Stage Ia2: Modified radical hysterectomy Stage IB or IIA: either radical hysterectomy with pelvic and paraaortic hymphadenectomy (if premenopausal) and peritoneal washings or pelvic washings or pelvic radiation (if postmenopausal). In patients who can tolerate surgery‚ a radical hysterectomy is preferred; however‚ studies have demonstrated equal cure rates with radiation or surgical treatment. Stage IIB
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Title: A comparison between the efficacy and safety of different doses of “Gabapentin” as treatment of uremic pruritus in patients on haemodialysis. Keywords: Efficacy‚ safety‚ “Gabapentin”‚ uremic pruritus and haemodialysis. Background: Pruritus is defined as" localized unpleasant sensation that induces a desire to scratch"‚ it is considered one of the frequent manifestations that occur in many systemic diseases such as biliary obstruction‚ neurological diseases and endocrine disorders.(1) The
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overestimate the true GFR; conversely‚ estimates of GFR will underestimate the true GFR during recovery of kidney function‚ when the serum creatinine concentration is declining. (2) In patients who are initiated on dialysis serum creatinine is of no use. Since it gets removed by dialysis‚ it cannot be used. (3) Numerous clinical trials have identified that serum creatinine varies with age/ race/ body mass etc. (15) Various classifications have been made to quantify the severity of AKI. Several consensuses
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Ms. Jones underwent is causing the kidney disease‚ due to the decreased blood flow to the kidneys. 4. What are possible treatment options and prognosis? Treatment includes restoration of the blood volume to normal‚ restricted fluid intake‚ and dialysis. • Scenario B: Chronic renal failure. Mr. Hodges‚ a 73-year-old man‚ has had congestive heart failure for the past 5 years. His doctor has told him that his heart is not functioning well‚ needing more and more medicine to maintain circulatory
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precautions” and “standard precautions.” Universal precautions should be applied in all workplaces when workers come in contact with blood or other body fluids such as‚ semen‚ vaginal discharge‚ synovial fluid‚ cerebrospinal fluid‚ pleural fluid‚ peritoneal fluid‚ pericardial fluid and amniotic fluid. These safety measures do NOT apply to feces‚ nasal secretions‚ sputum‚ sweat‚ tears‚ urine‚ vomit and saliva‚ unless you work in a dental office‚ where saliva is likely to be contaminated with blood.
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These various tests‚ or combinations of tests‚ helps guide health care teams in the proper treatment of CHF. Medical treatment of Congestive Heart Failure includes but is not limited to: improving the heart’s function; removal of fluid in the peritoneal and thoracic cavities; decreasing cardiac demands; increasing tissue perfusion; and treating anaphylaxis. The primary focus is treating any underlying causes of signs and symptoms associated with
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Unit 3: Promoting good health AO1-Section D (This paper got the full 3 marks) Quality of life is how satisfied we are with our lives and whether there are parts of our health that affect this or inhibit this. For example if there was a lack of money in a family due to little financial support then their quality of life would not be good. This is because they would not be able to afford the necessities of life and other recreational activities. The job of a kidney is to filter the blood and
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the appendix and the use of antibiotic. 2. Diarrhea‚ fever‚ and weight loss are symptoms of Crohn’s disease. Crohn’s disease is a chronical inflammation of the digestive tract. The cause of this disease is still unknown. 3. Ascites (fluid in the peritoneal cavity) causes abdominal swelling‚ edema (swelling of the ankle‚ legs due of fluid buildup)‚ and itching of the skin are some symptoms of cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is a chronic liver disease
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