This week in clinical I was assigned a patient with contact precaution. I had never taken care of a patient who was on contact precaution‚ so I became very terrified. I didn’t know what to expect. I walked into the room wearing my PPE‚ shaking and expecting for the patient to be miserable because they are in a room alone and everyone that meets them has to wear that yellow gown. To my surprise‚ the patient was opposite of what I was thinking. The patient’s positive attitude‚ small stories‚ and funny
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4 strains of dengue circulating By Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star) Updated August 25‚ 2010 12:00 AM Comments (0) MANILA‚ Philippines - Four strains of dengue virus are circulating in many parts of the country‚ contributing to the rise in dengue cases this year‚ the Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday. The presence of the strains was confirmed in the blood samples collected from dengue patients. “It seems that all the strains are circulating in many parts of the country
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Case study Dengue Fever Submitted by: Barola‚ Venessa B. Cabrera‚ Rose Anne O. BSN 2Y2-3A Sir‚ Wilfred Rivera RN‚ MAN Introduction Patient’s profile History of Present Illness Physical Examination Anatomy and Physiology Pathophysiology Laboratoty Examination Result Course in the Ward Drug Study Nursing Care Plan Discharge Planning Nursing Procedure INTRODUCTION Dengue Fever is caused by one of the four closely related‚ but antigenically distinct‚ virus serotypes
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Dengue fever‚ also called dengue‚ is a potentially serious disease caused by a virus. There are four types of dengue virus that can cause illness in humans. Dengue viruses are transmitted between humans by the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito. Dengue is rare in the U.S.‚ but is common and a serious public health threat in warm sub-tropical and tropical areas of the world. These include areas of Central and South America‚ Africa‚ Southeast Asia‚ China‚ India‚ the Middle East‚ Australia‚ the Caribbean
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Table of Contents Understand and Prevent Dengue Fever Introduction of Dengue Fever Dengue fever‚ a very old disease‚ has reemerged in the past 20 years with an expanded geographic distribution of both the viruses and the mosquito vectors‚ increased epidemic activity‚ the development of hyperendemicity (the co circulation of multiple serotypes)‚ and the emergence of dengue hemorrhagic fever in new geographic regions. In 1998 this mosquito-borne disease is the most important
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Angeles University Foundation College of Nursing Lesson Plan: NATIONAL Dengue Prevention And Control Program Presented by: Andrea ( Presented to: Ava Marie Lou L. David RN‚ MN :))) (wife of Sammy David) I.INTRODUCTION The Department of Health initiated the National Dengue Prevention and Control Program since 1993.They are aiming for reducing morbidity and mortality from dengue infection by preventing the transmission of the virus from the mosquito vector human. In line with
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how small changes in the past and can lead to devastating effects in the future‚ everything in the past has a connection to the future in some way. Before they got out of the time travel machine‚ Travis clearly explained why they take so many precautions to prevent the change in the future and what can happen in they change something. Then Travis went on to say‚ “A little error here would multiply in sixty million years‚ all out of proportion”(Bradbury 4). How if you make one little mistake that
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Introduction Dengue is a mosquito-borne infection that in recent decades has become a major international public health concern. Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical regions around the world‚ predominantly in urban and semi-urban areas. Dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF)‚ a potentially lethal complication‚ was first recognized in the 1950s during dengue epidemics in the Philippines and Thailand. Today DHF affects most Asian countries and has become a leading cause of hospitalization and
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INTRODUCTION Dengue Fever is caused by one of the four closely related‚ but antigenically distinct‚ virus serotypes Dengue type 1‚ Dengue type 2‚ Dengue type 3‚ and Dengue type 4 of the genus Flavivirus and Chikungunya virus. Infection with one of these serotype provides immunity to only that serotype of life‚ to a person living in a Dengue-endemic area can have more than one Dengue infection during their lifetime. Dengue fever through the four different Dengue serotypes are maintained in the
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Future Development of Dengue Vaccines Halstead‚ S.B and Deen‚J.(2002) “The future of dengue vaccines” Rapid Review. The Lancet; Oct 19‚ 2002; 360‚ 9341; ProQuest Health & Medical Complete; pg. 1243. Available from: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(02)11276-1/fulltext [Accessed 10 September 2013] The Lancet is a world’s leading general medical journal and specialty journals in Oncology‚ Neurology and Infectious Diseases. This qualitative study identifies the opinions
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