It was February 4‚2013 9:00 a.m.‚ a warm sunny day‚ when I decided to go to Washington Regional Hospital in Fayetteville Arkansas‚ after weeks of running fever non-stop‚ having killing sharp pains in my sides‚ getting sick constantly‚ and not being able to eat or drink anything. I was in so much pain I didn’t even bother changing out of my Elmo pajama pants and grey shirt. My mom and I arrived just a little before 10‚ sitting in the waiting room was extremely painful‚ because I couldn’t lay down
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start weeks or days prior. Normally it begins with the patient to stop taking a blood thinning pain medicine (if they use it) such as Advil to prevent your blood from not clotting while your body is under extreme measures. You are allowed to take Tylenol or Ibuprofen as a replacement-which are not blood thinners. The next process is for you to stop eating and drinking after midnight the day prior to
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Kaleigh Smith Thursday‚ December 13‚ 2012 Week 3 Assignment Identify the regulations concerning venipuncture‚ drug administration‚ and IV medication and how these standards in your field. The number one regulation and has been for years when dealing with drug administration is patient identification. At least two patient identifiers are required when preforming any treatment or administering any drugs. Keeping drugs safe is also a big regulation. For example Pyxis cabinets are used to help
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Introduction-Chickenpox is a common childhood skin disease caused by a viral infection called varicella-zoster virus. Chickenpox is less common in the United States due to universal vaccination with the varicella virus vaccine‚ though it still occurs in populations that are not routinely vaccinated. The varicella-zoster virus is similar to herpes simplex virus in many respects. The virus is spread through air droplets or direct contact with active lesions. Most cases of chickenpox arise between the
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companies were engaged in fraudulent acts. One company‚ Johnson and Johnson who was faced with an impact amongst the media with claims were filed of cyanide-laced pills. But by cleaning up and keeping there good name‚ Johnson and Johnson pulled all Tylenol brand products from every pharmacy and begin to develop a new pill for the consumer. Then there was the Sherman Antitrust Act which was had the capabilities of breaking up monopolies in order to restore free enterprise. Some monopolies bad due
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Postpartum case study 1. Title page: Date: 05/10/11 Instructor: 2. Patient data: C O MR#0882470 financial#110941625 G:2 P: 1001 Room: Age: 37 Allergies: PNC‚ Codeine Date of care 3. Medical history: None 4. Obstetrical history: C/S 12/27/07 40 wks 7.4 lbs Female‚ H/O post partum depression Week gestation first seen 13 4/7 weeks 5. Labor/Delivery Summary: Induced at 40 weeks Stage
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Heterotopic Ossification In Spinal Cord Injury Patients By Anitia Gram Heterotopic Ossification (HO) in spinal cord injury patients is a common complication seen a few weeks to months following injury. This paper will focus on R.B. A C2 ASIA A quadriplegic patient and his course of treatment for early HO that was detected in his right hip approximately 1 month following his accident. Heterotopic ossification is the presence of bone in the soft tissue where bone does not normally exist. The
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What is Costochondritis? The purpose of this description is to educate people on non-heart related chest pain from costochondritis. WHAT IS COSTOCHONDRITIS? Costochondritis‚ also known as chest wall pain or costosternal syndrome‚ is an inflammatory condition which consists of swelling‚ pain and localized tenderness in the costal cartilage which connects your upper ribs to your sternum. One of the first indicators of costochondritis is chest pain which may be reproduced
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comfortable lying down than in any other position. She is still working fulltime‚ but is not doing the heavy lifting at this time. She has been going to a Chiropractor for the last two months with no pain relief. She has taken Flexeril‚ Norflex‚ Tylenol with codeine and Darvocet. All of these have failed to improve her symptoms. She had a CT scan done recently and we are getting those results. PAST HISTORY: Significant for cesarean section 20 years ago‚ otherwise negative except as in HPI. ALLERGIES:
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Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen Organic chemical compounds contain a vast number of isomers‚ molecules with the same molecular formula but different atomic arrangement‚ of which there are three types: structural‚ geometric and optical. The most closely-linked of isomers are optical isomers‚ which differ only by the three-dimensional placement of the molecule’s attachments‚ which renders its mirror images to be non-superimposable. The presence of optical isomerism within a molecule is determined by
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