Faith is a 19yo‚ G1 P0‚ who was seen for an ultrasound evaluation to complete the full fetal anatomy assessment. The patient has a history of type 2 diabetes in the past and previously took metformin but is not on any medication currently and did have a normal hemoglobulin A1C of 4.4 in July. She also has a history of chronic HTN but is currently not on medication. Her BP was normal today at 134/76. She was unable to leave us a urine sample to check for glucose or protein. She has a history of
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I remember the day just like it was just yesterday. That day started out cold and rainy but I still had to get up with the horrible pain in my stomach to travel to the doctor to find out what was wrong. This pain had been bothering me for almost three weeks and I couldn’t take it anymore. I was scared! Just two months before this my husband and I was told that I had possibly developed Endometriosis with the possibility of not being able to have children. We were told that my ovaries had collected
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shoulder made the exam go very smooth and easy for both the patient and the sonographer. The way the sonographer kept comforting the patient made the patient emotional to the point where she cried. After the exam was over the patient called the ultrasound department manager and asked her to let the sonographer “who scanned her” take her up to her room instead of the transporter. What I learned from this as a sonography student is to smile‚ care‚ and be patient‚ compassionate‚ careful and respectful
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alter the shape of the cornea in the eye so the patient’s eyesight can return to normal‚ and he/she will no longer need those bothersome glasses. Ultrasound is used in the medical field for destroying various unwanted substances in the body such as kidney stones. Ultrasound uses sound waves to dissolve these foreign bodies. If not for physics‚ ultrasounds would never have been discovered and utilized. MRI scans‚ another new discovery‚ are able to show a complete three dimensional picture of the interior
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hypersensitivity to heat‚ cannot be applied to infections‚ rashes‚ and lesions or burns and new scars. As for the use of ice packs some contraindications to consider are open wounds and Raynaud’s Disease. Lastly‚ the contraindications for therapeutic ultrasound are vascular insufficiency‚ thrombophlebitis‚ pregnancy‚ pacemaker‚ malignancy‚ and infection. . If used properly these modalities will show much improvement and pain relief in a quick period of time activities. In addition to these modalities;
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Fuchs and Riis reported the first use of amniotic fluid examination in diagnosis of genetic disorders in 1956. "They determined fetal sex cells in amniotic fluid based on the presence or absence of the Barr body" (Woo‚ 2006 para 3). The ultrasound was used in assisting amniocentesis in 1972 and was primarily pioneered by Jens Bang and Allen Northeved. Even with the technological advances made through out the years‚ the fatality rate of amniocentesis during the early stages of
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Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome Learn about TTTS. 5/9/2008 Jesselle Davis Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome April 28‚ 2008 Jesselle Davis When most people think of someone being pregnant with twins they think “Oh how cute‚ what a blessing!” or something among those lines and you have your few that give you this shocking look of pity and think “Oh my God‚ GOODLUCK!”‚ but no one has a clue exactly how delicate and stressful carrying identical twin babies can be. When I found
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urolithiasis and had a bilateral ureteroscopy done earlier this year. An ultrasound was performed on the patient’s right side in which two small stones were discovered in the kidney. Both stones were measured‚ the largest approximately 2mm. The patient assumed she could pass the stones and thought no further evaluation was needed. Five days later‚ the patient came back to the department with bilateral flank pain. Another ultrasound was performed which confirmed that both kidneys measured normal in size
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As with other birth defects‚ most myelomeningoceles are discovered by routine ultrasound evaluation between 16 and 18 weeks into the pregnancy. Sometimes‚ a blood test known as maternal serum alpha fetoprotein (AFP) is also positive‚ triggering the ultrasound. Sonographic features suggestive of myelomeningocele include a cystic mass anywhere on the spine. If no skin covers the defect‚ alpha fetoprotein levels in the
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Application of the Background and Methodology of the Research Process to Problems in Health Care HCS/465 University of Phoenix Obesity Definition of the Problem The problem that the article covers is obesity. According to Reynolds‚ obesity involves an inbalance of the caloric intake to energy expenditure‚ meaning that more calories are consumed than are burned‚ which causes weight gain. But obesity is more than a simple equation of weight
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