seen them played out on our favorite drama shows but these shows do not address the real severity of an actual heart attack despite the great acting skills portrayed . A heart attack can also be known as a myocardial infarction (MI)‚ acute myocardial infarction (AMI)‚ acute coronary syndrome‚ coronary thrombosis‚ or coronary occlusion‚ either way it is not good news. Over 1.2 million people in American have heart attacks with many of them resulting in death (Heart attack‚ 2011). A heart attack is a serious
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Research Paper on Acute Respiratory Distress SyndromeAbstract Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome is a life-threatening condition that results from injury to the alveolar-capillary membrane. The condition is associated with extensive pulmonary inflammation and small blood vessel injury in all affected organs. ARDS is considered to be more the end result of a variety of severe injuries instead of an actual disease. ARDS was first officially discovered in 1967. There are 3 identified stages of ARDS
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lo Background Acute glomerulonephritis refers to a specific set of renal diseases in which an immunologic mechanism triggers inflammation and proliferation of glomerular tissue that can result in damage to the basement membrane‚ mesangium‚ or capillary endothelium. Hippocrates originally described the manifestation of back pain and hematuria‚ which lead to oliguria or anuria. With the development of the microscope‚ Langhans was later able to describe these pathophysiologic glomerular changes
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ACUTE-ON-CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE: APPLYING THE PIRO CONCEPT Danielle Adebayo‚ Vincenzo Morabito‚ Rajiv Jalan Liver Failure Group‚ UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health‚ UCL Medical School‚ Royal Free Hospital‚ London‚ UK Disclosure: No potential conflict of interest Citation: EMJ Hepatol. 2013;1:38-43. ABSTRACT Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF)‚ a clinical syndrome associated with a dismal prognosis‚ occurs acutely in previously stable cirrhotic patients. An important feature
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as dangerous or threatening to their well being (Tenibiaje2011). There are many different kinds of stress. The most common types of stress that are defined are acute stress‚ episodic acute stress‚ and chronic stress‚ and each of these different types of stress show their own symptoms. Acute stress is the most common type of stress. Acute stress has been noted to be the result following individuals dealing with high demands and pressure of their recent past and the demands anticipated by them in the
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patient with acute abdominal pain Calister Dike Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 305 Health Assessments Susan Patterson Summer B Session Introduction Assessment of the patient with acute abdominal
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create mobility problems. Acute rehabilitation hospitals and rehabilitation centers are two types of facilities that aid in rehabilitation. The goals of each facility differs in the expectations to be released to another facility or if well enough‚ possibly home. In both facility moral is an important aspect in healing‚ therefore‚ it is pertinent that the nurses assist in this. Acute care hospitals are more temporary than rehabilitation facilities. The primary goal of acute care is to stabilize
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Acute renal failure is the sudden loss of the kidneys ability to function; affecting more than 100‚000 people in the United States alone each year (NIDDK‚ 2008). This paper will discuss the basic pathophysiology of acute renal failure‚ including its cause‚ disease mechanisms‚ symptoms‚ some of the treatments and pharmacological therapies. Pathophysiology Acute renal failure (ARF) is the rapid loss of kidney function occurring when high levels of uremic toxins accumulate in the blood
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Ambulatory and acute facilities differ in many ways. Although‚ they both have one major goal and that is to do what is best suited for the patient. According to the textbook‚ ambulatory care is the involvement of a patient who does not require an overnight stay (Gartee‚ 2011). Most of these facilities are filled with different types of physicians and are usually privately owned. Although they are owned by a clinician‚ they are managed by administrators (Gartee‚ 2011). Nurses have an important role
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Establishing Acute Pain Service Many hospitals have employed an acute pain service for nearly a decade‚ but for many hospitals in the United States this still is a new idea. What we’re seeing is a new modality in treatment and the way we approach it. An acute pain service (APS) primarily manages pain after traumatic injury or surgery. The basic aspects of an APS include standardization of analgesic techniques‚ increased pain monitoring and assessment‚ and the ability to respond to inadequate or
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