thought that I would ever have to conquer through. I was diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurysm. It all started when my parents had taken me to a dentist appointment. While we were at the dentist appointment‚ we had discovered through x-rays‚ my orthodontist told me that I needed surgery. My family was very confused on why I would need to go get surgery but they still took me. When my parents had discovered I have an abdominal aortic aneurysm‚ I had never seen my parents so broken and sad. In fact
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arteries or aorta. 3. Percussion Tympany is heard throughout with percussion; liver span is 6 cm at right midclavicular line. Splenic dullness heard at 10th intercostals space in left midaxillary line. 4. Palpation: no pain or tenderness reported with light and deep palpation; liver‚ spleen and both kidneys non palpable. Aortic impulse is slightly left of midline with an anterior pulsation; femoral pulses are equal and strong bilaterally; inguinal nodes are non-palpable. No guarding noted
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Vanessa Partain 02/27/12 Physics Honors Is Manual Palpations of Uterine Contractions Accurate? If the physics behind labor and delivery is inaccurate and is not followed through perfectly‚ it can arise complications. Physics is what makes a woman’s uterus contract to deliver a fetus through the birth canal. If a woman’s body fails to contract there will not be enough pressure to deliver the child. This will lead to a mother having a cesarean section. When in labor you may need to measure
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The clinical treatments described and recommended in this publication are based on research and consultation with nursing‚ medical‚ and legal authorities. To the best of our knowledge‚ these procedures reflect currently accepted practice. Nevertheless‚ they can’t be considered absolute and universal recommendations. For individual applications‚ all recommendations must be considered in light of the patient’s clinical condition and‚ before administration of new or infrequently used drugs‚
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reflection to write a personal account of an abdominal examination carried out in general practice under the supervision of my mentor‚ utilising the skills taught during the module thus far. What happened During morning routine sick parade I was presented with a 21 year old male soldier experiencing severe acute‚ non specific‚ abdominal pain. Under the supervision of the medical officer (MO) I proceeded to carry out a full assessment and abdominal examination‚ using Byrne and Long’s (1976) model
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Diagnosis: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Definition: An abdominal aortic aneurysm is an enlarged area in the lower part of the aorta‚ the major blood vessel that supplies blood to the body. The aorta‚ about the thickness of a garden hose‚ runs from your heart through the center of your chest and abdomen. Because the aorta is the body’s main supplier of blood‚ a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm can cause life-threatening bleeding. Subjective Data: Describes feelings of abdominal and back
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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) are usually asymptomatic and found incidentally on ultrasound‚ CT‚ or on physical exam as a pulsating abdominal mass. If becoming symptomatic‚ most commonly it presents as mid-abdominal pain that radiates to the lower back. Pain could be constant or intermittent‚ or be worse with pressure applied to the area. Severe pain and a tearing sensation felt in the back is associated with dissection and should be treated as an emergency. AAA are more often found in older males
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Introduction ‘Penetrating and blunt abdominal trauma’ is an article published in Critical Care Nursing Quarterly in the January to March‚ 2005 issue‚ written by Kristine L. Eckert. In this article‚ Kristine Eckert provides an overview of abdominal trauma related to penetrating and blunt mechanisms of injury. There are different case studies provided to illustrate interventions and treatments of different types of trauma. This article also provides an overview of the anatomy and physiology
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patient is a 21 year old male who presented with a history of sudden onset of abdominal pain‚ first generalized‚ and then localizing to the RLQ. The pain was accompanied with anorexia and nausea. It has become increasingly more severe over the past 3 hours so that the patient now cannot walk. He had one episode of vomiting‚ and has a low-grade fever of 100. On examination the patient was in acute distress due to pain. Palpation of the abdomen showed generalized tenderness with marked pain in the RLQ and
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and palpate in the hypogastric region. | Correct Answer: | Percuss and palpate in the hypogastric region. | Response Feedback: | Dull percussion sounds would be elicited over a distended bladder‚ and the hypogastric area would seem firm to palpation. | | | | | * Question 5 2 out of 2 points | | | The nurse is aware that a change that may occur in the gastrointestinal system of an aging adult is:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | decreased gastric acid secretion
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