Dental Nursing 5234 Unit 310 Endodontic is part of the dentistry that focused on treating infected pulp in order to save tooth from extraction. There are several techniques to save the tooth‚ and its depends on following‚ which technique will be used: - the patient age and fact if the tooth is adult or deciduous - severity disease - patient wishes The techniques used in endodontic are: Pulp capping 1) Give an explanation of pulp capping and explain the purpose of the treatment Pulp capping
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Diverticulitis Diverticulitis is small‚ bulging sacs or pouches of the inner lining of the intestine that become inflamed or infected causing pain and disturbance of bowel function. Most often‚ these pouches are in the large intestine (colon). Diverticulitis cause when naturally weak places in your colon give way under pressure. It causes marble-sized pouches to protrude through the colon wall. Exactly how diverticulitis become inflamed or infected isn’t clear‚ when increase pressure in the colon
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usually appears is chains‚ bunches‚ or grape like clusters‚ (Gregory‚ 229). It is a gram-positive aerobic organism that causes skin infections and sometimes pneumonia‚ endocarditis and osteomyelitis (Beers‚ 1442). This infection commonly leads to abscess formations (Beers‚ 1442). Staphylococcus aureus is a coagulase positive bacterium‚ and is among those that are dangerous human pathogen because it has the ability to both be extremely virulent and its ability to develop antibiotic resistance‚ (Beers
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THE ROLE OF DEBRIDEMENT IN WOUND HEALING OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETES FOOT ULCERS (REFLECTIVE ANALYSIS) INCIDENT As a registered nurse with over 10 years of clinical practice experience in various field of nursing including caring for patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs)‚ I was concerned with rise in the numbers of DFUs cases resulting into higher rates of amputation‚ disabilities and mortality . DFU are caused by a combination of peripheral neuropathy and vascular diseases resulting from
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They tested the blood culture and the results were gram stain positive. They then diagnosed the man with MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus). It is not known were the man contracted it but his condition got worst. He formed a lung abscess. To find what medicine to use‚ doctors performed the disk-diffusion method to determine what medicines the bacteria is susceptible to. The MRSA isolate was resistant to methicillin but susceptible to ampicillin. The patient was treated with ampicillin
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zootic in domesticated horses worldwide. It is a gram positive bacteria‚ capsulated β-hemolytic Lancefield group C coccus‚ which is an obligate parasite and a primary pathogen. The disease is spread when the nasal discharge or material from a draining abscess contaminates pastures‚ barns‚ feed troughs‚ and stables. This infection can be contracted at any age but is mostly seen in younger or elderly equines. This is common
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October 07‚ 2012 Name Removed MERSA According to the National Center for disease control and prevention‚ Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus is a type of staph infection that is resistant to the usual antibiotics that are effective in treating other types of staph ("CDC - Definition of MRSA | MRSA Infections"‚ 2010). Sometimes antibiotic resistant infections are called super bugs. This essay attempts to discover how it happens‚ how it can be prevented and possible treatments available
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease/ Crohn’s Disease Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of chronic disorders that cause inflammation or ulceration in the small and large intestines. Most often IBD is classified as ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease but may be referred to as colitis‚ enteritis‚ ileitis‚ and proctitis. Ulcerative colitis causes ulceration and inflammation of the inner lining of a couple of really bad places‚ while Crohn’s disease is an inflammation that extends into the deeper
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Diverticulitis: The Disease Nursing 110 March 28‚ 2013 Constipated? Having difficulty passing your stool? You are quickly putting yourself at risk for developing diverticulosis. It is believed that pressure accumulation in the colon‚ created by people straining to pass harden stool‚ may cause the lining of the colon to bulge out in weak spots of the colon creating pouches‚ called diverticula. The condition of having diverticula is called diverticulosis (Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis‚ 2012)
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methods. TSS also can arise from wounds secondary to minor trauma or surgery incisions where bacteria have been able to enter the body and cause the infection. TSS also can affect anyone who has any type of staph infection‚ including pneumonia‚ abscess‚ skin or wound infection‚ the blood infection septicemia‚ or the bone infection osteomyelitis. Most often‚ streptococcal TSS appears after bacteria have invaded areas of injured skin‚ such as cuts and scrapes‚ surgical wounds‚ and even chickenpox
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