Chronic Kidney Disease Eileen Daza-Gallego The Center for Allied Health Nursing Education Abstract An estimated 26 million adults in the United States have Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Persons with CKD are unlikely to be aware of their disease and seek appropriate treatment before it is too late. Among those that have the disease‚ a large majority of them are obese and are suffering from diabetes or hypertension or both. The majority of the individuals with hypertension and/or diabetes will
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from a person’s immune system attacking their own healthy cells. Many autoimmune diseases act in various different manners and one of the rare similarities is the ability to clinically diagnose a disease based on the presence of autoantibodies in a serum. When these autoantibodies begin to seek out and attack healthy cells or tissue‚ the individual will suffer from inflammation. “In rheumatoid arthritis‚ the focus of the inflammation is in the synovium‚ the tissue that lines the joint” (Ruderman &
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SNAKE BITES VENOM AND ANTI-VENOM Snake venom is modified saliva and is produced by modified saliva glands. Venoms are rich in hydrolithic enzymes‚ a complex mix of polypeptides‚ nucleases‚ peptidases‚ etc.‚ which help digest the snake’s prey. Some of them also enhance or contribute to the toxic effect of the venom. As early as 1949 it was shown that an enzyme from the Bothrops species produces a vasodilation resulting from the production of a hypotensor neuropeptide‚ bradykinin. This had important
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correctly answered: c. They have both A and B antigens on the surface of their RBCs‚ and their blood serum does not contain antibodies against A‚ B‚ or Rh antigens. Experiment Data: Blood sample 1 2 3 4 5 6 Agglutination with Anti-A Serum positive negative positive negative positive negative Agglutination with Anti-B Serum negative positive positive negative positive positive Agglutination with Anti-Rh Serum positive positive negative negative positive negative Blood Type BA+ ABBAB+ A- 03/07/13 page
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Learning Outcomes Safe and Effective Care Environment 1 Assess the patient with a fluid or electrolyte imbalance for falls‚ especially older adults. 2 Use safety precautions to prevent injury or death when administering parenteral potassium-containing solutions. 3 Supervise the oral fluid therapy and intake and output measurement aspects of care delegated to unlicensed assistive personnel. Health Promotion and Maintenance 4 Teach healthy adults and patients how to prevent dehydration.
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Patient Scenario V.S.‚ 82 year old female is admitted to rehab for colon resection related to colon cancer. Past medical history includes ulcerative colitis x 20+ years‚ hypothyroidism‚ hypertension‚ and dementia. Surgical history includes hysterectomy at age 63. Vital signs T 98.2‚ P91‚ BP136/81‚ R 18‚ O2 sat 96% room air‚ and denied any pain on admission. Patient is alert and oriented x1-2‚ needs frequent redirection. Lungs clear‚ breathing even and unlabored. S1S2 noted‚ no murmurs. Abdomen
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Journal of New Sciences Volume 3(1). Published March‚ 01‚ 2014 http://www.jnsciences.org Research open acess Effect of feeding hens with fenugreek seeds on Laying performance‚ egg quality characteristics‚ serum and egg yolk cholesterol H. ABDOULI 1* M. HAJ-AYED 2 S. BELHOUANE 1 E. HCINI EMNA 1 1 Department of Animal production‚ ESA Mateur‚ Carthage University ‚ Tunisia 2 Department of Animal production‚ ISA Chott Mariem‚ Sousse University ‚ Tunisia * Corresponding author: abdoulihedi@gmail
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1. How to differentiate “O” and a Bombay groups: 2. AHG Test: Wash with NSS 3X to remove globulins. Why? 3. Aside from serum‚ Anti A and anti B can also be found in_______ 4. Anti-Duffy antibodies can cause HDN and HTR‚ True or False? 5. Emergency cases patients transfused with 6. Intrauterine transfusion: blood unit of choice is: PRBC‚ Frozen RBC‚ anything will do 7. Aside from Whole blood and PRBC‚ what component is needed to be crossmatch prior to transfusion? 8. What
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Clinical features and diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis in children INTRODUCTION — Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus. DKA can less commonly occur in children with type 2 diabetes mellitus [1‚2]. (See "Classification of diabetes mellitus and genetic diabetic syndromes".) In recent years‚ the incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus have increased across all ethnic groups. This has been coupled with an
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atheromatous heart disease‚ presented as angina pectoris‚ were studied over a period of five years. After adding the “Husk of Isabgol” and “Aloe vera” (an indigenous plant known as ghee-guar-ka-paththa) to the diet‚ a marked reduction in total serum cholesterol‚ serum triglycerides‚ fasting and post parandial blood sugar level in diabetic patients‚ total lipids and also increase in HDL were noted. Simultaneously the clinical profile of these patients showed reduction in the frequency of anginal attacks
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