Osteoarthritis‚ Ruptured discs‚ Spinal stenosis‚ Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and Ankylosing spondylitis (4). I will define these back problems for you in the following sentences. Injuries or strains can be brought on from being overworked or deconditioned. Osteoarthritis is excess wear and tear on the spinal discs caused by aging. Ruptured discs are created when wear and tear on the spine causes the intervertebral disc to bulge out. Spinal stenosis is the narrowing of the spinal canal
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February‚ treated her with oral antibiotics including Levaquin‚ gradually got better but had a sudden worsening of her status and turned out to have atrial fibrillation. She was admitted to Duke Raleigh Hospital was found to have significant aortic stenosis with a calculated valve area of only a half a centimeter. She was not considered a candidate for TAVR intervention because of her pneumonia and a transient renal failure‚ and was discharged here to Mayview to clinically improve to a point that she
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this is not sure. If the condition gets worse‚ then the only treatment is a heart transplant. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy‚ also known as asymmetric septal hypertrophy‚ hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy or idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis is a rare condition. This condition makes the left ventricle to enlarge; alternatively‚ the septum separating the two ventricles expands. This type of cardiomyopathy can also cause the mitral valve to weaken and leak causing the blood to flow backward
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spine with seven views obtained on this visit revealed five lumbar vertebrae‚ normal disc spaces‚ normal lumbar lordosis and alignment‚ no evidence of instability or stress fracture‚ no significant degenerative changes and no evidence of foraminal stenosis or narrowing. An MRI of the lumbar spine dated 12/06/14 (no official report) was reviewed showing a herniated disc at L5-S1 on the left side as well as an annular tear and bulge at L3-4‚ L4-5 and L5-S1 levels. Patient was diagnosed with low back
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called pericarditis is involved. Acute rheumatic heart disease consists of inflammation of the mitral and aortic valves called valvulitis‚ endocarditis or acquired valve disease. “Chronic disease is manifested by valvular fibrosis‚ resulting in stenosis and/or
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Case Study and Care Plan Practice of Fundamentals of Nursing October 22nd‚ 2012 1 Case Study: Historical and Physical Assesment Physical Hystory J.Q. is a 69 year old white male patient who was admitted to PMR ward due to right posterior frontal lobe CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident = stroke). He also continued undergoing hemodialysis on Mondays‚ Wednesdays and Fridays. The patient continues hemodinamically stable‚ in no acute distress and no fever reported. Vitals
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Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) is a common condition in the emergency department which requires immediate intervention. PSVT may involve healthy individuals of all age groups but is much more common in patients with an underlying disorder including myocardial infarction‚ rheumatic heart disease‚ mitral valve prolapse‚ pericarditis‚ chronic lung disease‚ pneumonia‚ and alcohol or digoxin toxicity (1‚ 2). The prognosis of PSVT is dependent on the comorbid cardiac problems and is generally
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upper end of the thyroid cartilage below the angle of the jaw‚ which overlies the bifurcation of the common carotid artery into the external and internal carotid arteries. (Bickley & Szilagyi‚ 2017). It is important to keep in mind that higher-grade stenosis may have lower frequency or even absent sounds‚ more amenable to detection with the bell (Bickley & Szilagyi‚ 2017). 2. How would the nurse elicit subjective and objective data on this patient’s present health‚ family history of heart or neck
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macrophages and exposed collagen‚ is highly thrombogenic. Thrombus forms within the plaque‚ expanding its volume and distorting its shape. Thrombosis may then extend into the lumen and cause reduction in lumenial diameter which then develop into stenosis or blockage in the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. In this case‚ the smaller distal intramyocardial arteries and arterioles are maximally dilated and any increase in myocardial oxygen demand provokes ischemia‚ which can contribute
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DOI: 7/30/2013. Patient is a 53 year-old female personal assistant who experienced left shoulder and neck pain with radicular arm pain while moving files from one cabinet to another. Per OMNI‚ patient was diagnosed with cervical stenosis at C5-7 with herniation and radiculitis. Patient is status post cervical fusion on 12/2013 and 2nd fusion on 07/20/15. Based on the medical report dated 05/03/16‚ the patient is a little over 9 months following cervical spinal surgery. She had some complications
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