were immensely worried about him. They decided to set him off in the Fokker Friendship and headed it towards Nairobi hospital‚ the leading hospital in East Africa. While Monet is on flight‚ a putrid odor permeates the plane and he is seen profusely vomiting‚ in which Preston
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1. Define shock as it relates to being a life threatening emergency Shock is a failure of the circulatory system. This causes an insufficient amount blood to be supplied throughout the body. 2. Explain the perfusion triangle as it relates to three components of circulation The perfusion triangle consists of the heart (pump)‚ blood vessels (pipe)‚ and blood (fluid). When everything in the perfusion triangle is working properly‚ adequate blood and oxygen are provided to all cells in the body. When
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Kawasaki disease is a rare condition that causes swelling and inflammation of the walls of the blood vessels (vasculitis). It also affect the mucous membranes‚ lymph nodes‚ skin‚ and the heart. It is important to treat Kawasaki disease as soon as possible to help prevent lasting damage. CAUSES The cause is not known. RISK FACTORS • Being under five years old. • Being of Asian descent. • Being a boy. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS Symptoms for Kawasaki disease occur in phases. The first phase includes
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Rocking ocean can cause balance mechanism in sensory systems to be confused resulting in nauseous feelings and vomiting. Vomiting can lead to severe dehydration. So the result of cutting his hand was that his arteries and tendons were cut off so his Nervous system was affected. Any efforts of pain impulses to be sent to the brain would be ineffective because they would interfere with signals triggering an effective response by the body. Steve made decision that saved his life responses and communication
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not life threatening. According to procedure I scheduled an appointment as soon as I could that was convent for everyone. The appointment is for an evaluation 2. The mother of a 3-year-old boy calls to report her child had the onset of vomiting and abdominal pain during the night and is now experiencing blood in his urine. She says she just noticed a swelling on his left side toward his back. She requests and appointment. What is your response regarding the appointment? I
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The symptoms of cholera include diarrhoea‚ vomiting‚ abdominal pains and severe dehydration. The disease usually affected those in a city’s poorer areas‚ though the rich did not escape this disease. Typhoid and typhus were as feared as cholera. Both were also quite common in the Industrial Revolution. Typhus/Typhoid is a disease which causes headache‚ backache‚ fever‚ a rash of small red dots‚ joint stiffness‚ abdominal pain‚ a dry cough and vomiting. Typhoid was caused by infected water whereas
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diseases can affect almost any area of the body or body system. Symptoms of viral infections can include: • Flu-like symptoms (fatigue‚ fever‚ sore throat‚ headache‚ cough‚ aches and pains) • Gastrointestinal disturbances‚ such as diarrhea‚ nausea and vomiting • Irritability • Malaise (general ill feeling) • Rash • Sneezing • Stuffy nose‚ nasal congestion‚ runny nose‚ or postnasal drip • Swollen lymph nodes • Swollen tonsils • Unexplained weight loss In infants‚ signs of a viral disease can also
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nursing care‚ socioeconomic influences‚ and diagnostic testing. Primary Medical Diagnosis Ms. G. was admitted to the hospital with the symptoms of shortness of breath‚ a low oxygen saturation‚ tachypnea‚ tachycardia‚ anxiety‚ nausea and vomiting‚ crackles in both right and left lower lobes of the lungs‚ pain‚ a low grade fever and was considered a fall risk. Her diagnosis was pneumonia. Pathophysiology Pneumonia is an acute inflammation of the lungs that causes the alveoli and bronchioles
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Monica Franco Biology 1A Lab Erik Arevalo Parvovirus Parvovirus is one of the smallest eukaryotic viruses that exist. It is a disease that attacks an organism’s cells and can go into the bloodstream‚ allowing other types of illnesses such as subclinical infections‚ dermatologic‚ hematologic‚ and rheumatologic manifestations to attack the body (Cotmore et al.‚ 2013). A key characteristic of parvovirus is that it replicates itself rapidly through an organism’s cells. It is a part of the parvoviridae
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Introduction Fundamentally cancer occurs from accumulated mutations in the genes which control cell proliferation and differentiation (Croce‚ 2008). Normal cells slowly and systemically replace dead ones via cell cycle consisting of growing‚ dividing‚ and dying phases‚ whereas cancer cells keep reproducing‚ and do not surrender to signals from body control (Cancer Research UK‚ 2010). Cancerous cells could invade nearby tissues‚ and even spread to other organs through lymph nodes or blood vessels
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