condition. You are instructed to provide the patient with the printed material and review it with her. How do you approach this patient-teaching opportunity? 5. PREECLAMPSIA (TOXEMIA) A pregnant patient has been experiencing elevated blood pressure and sudden weight gain. She has been diagnosed with preeclampsia. The physician has printed instructions for this condition. You are instructed to provide this information to the patient and her family. How do you approach this patient-teaching
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Primrose oil and the possible side effects that may affect health Extracted from the bud of Eveneing Primrose Plant‚ also called the Oenothera biennis plant‚ the plant‚ from several centuries is used to treat numerous health ailments‚ for example‚ preeclampsia‚ infertility‚ joint pain‚ obesity‚ heart disorders‚ Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)‚ immunity impairment‚ and addiction to alcohol. However‚ the benefits of primrose oil do not end here. The article hence would show how primrose
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is classified as gestational hypertension‚ mild preeclampsia‚ severe preeclampsia and eclampsia‚ depending on how far development advances. A woman is said to be preeclamptic when her blood pressure increases and shows protein in her urine that typically starts after the 20th weeks of pregnancy. It affects the placenta that can cause fetal complications which include low birth weight‚ premature birth‚ and still birth. The cause of mild preeclampsia is unknown‚ but may be related to immune factors
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Women who have preeclampsia which is when a women develop very high blood pressure and are at risk for a stroke. Approximately 5 to 8 percent of pregnancies are affected by preeclampsia meaning that more than 6.6 million women worldwide suffered from the disease in 2002. Preeclampsia does not just harm the mother‚ but the child to. Cystic fibrosis harms the baby after it is born. Cystic fibrosis is
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Title: Creatinine Assay Aim: To determine the creatinine clearance of a selected undiluted urine samples by graphical extrapolation from a creatinine curve. Materials and Apparatus: University of the West Indies: Department of Basic Medical Sciences Laboratory Manual: BC35A‚ Creatinine Assay‚ pages 6-8‚ 2012 Changes to the Method: The experiment utilized one undiluted urine samples for concentration determination instead of five aliquots of twenty four hour urine samples. The urine sample
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• High circulatory strain • High blood cholesterol • Diabetes and prediabetes • Smoking • Being overweight or strong • Being physically dormant • Having a family history of early heart disease • Having a foundation set apart by preeclampsia in the midst of pregnancy • Unhealthy diet • Age (55 or more settled for women) Some risk factors‚ for instance‚ age and family history of early heart disease‚ can’t be changed. For women‚ age transforms into a risk component at 55. After
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urine to test for many different elements; these can include leukocytes‚ blood‚ protein‚ sugar‚ ketones‚ ph‚ nitrites‚ bilirubin and ascorbic acid. These elements can help in diagnoses for bladder or kidney infections‚ diabetes‚ dehydration and preeclampsia. In antenatal care a urinalysis is performed at the very first visit with a dipstick and the sample is then referred to a pathology laboratory to be examined under the microscope and incubated for micro‚ culture and sensitivity testing (3 centres
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women reporting negligible or weak exertion. Researches about exercise during pregnancy conducted by Dr. Richard Feely‚ M.D. support the positive benefits of exercise during pregnancy‚ noting that it may lower the risk of high blood pressure or preeclampsia during
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labs and a p/c ratio for completeness. She did not have any symptoms of preeclampsia but has some mild edema. Deep tendon reflexes were 1+. There was no evidence of
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TEENAGE PREGNANCY Teenage pregnancy is defined as a pregnancy in girls within the age from 13 to 19‚ who have not graduated from their studies have few or no qualification for jobs and are financially rely on her parents. As mentioned by Michael (2010)‚ the department has already seen 131 of such cases in 2009 and this number is a dramatic increase from the 107 cases in 2008 (“Teen pregnancies on the risk with 111 reported this year”‚ 2010). In this essay‚ two causes and one effect of teenage
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