Case Study 2 Glossary 0.5% Marcaine – dictated “half percent”; brand name for local anesthetic 19-French – French is a scale used to denote catheter sizes and other tubular instruments; each unit is approximately 0.33 mm in diameter; 19-French indicates a diameter of approximately 6.2 mm. 89% shift – “shift to the left” on CBC differential indicates an increase in the number of band cells or band; 89% represents the percentage of band cells compared to the total number of white cells counted;
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Nutrition-related diseases kill millions of Americans every year‚ and a major cause of these epidemics is that many consumers do not know enough about the role that foods play in health. Countless Americans feel that eating healthy consumes too much of their precious time during their busy schedules. Since fast food places seem to be everywhere‚ it means more convenience. A small part of the problem is the number of fast food places that are available‚ but when it comes down to it‚ it is the individually
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problem as denoted below: What is the problem? (e.g.‚ clinical description of the illness‚ whether a physician was consulted‚ whether any tests were performed or any treatments were provided) Who was affected and their characteristics? (e.g.‚ age‚ sex‚ occupation)‚ and the nature of their illnesses (e.g.‚ symptoms‚ whether any persons were hospitalized or died)? When did the affected person or persons become ill? (Date‚ time and the onset of illness) Where are the affected persons located
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The age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a disease that affects the elderly population with a incidence peak over 50 years old. It can occur in two main aspects: the wet form or the dry form. The dry AMD is characterized by the absence of choroidal neovascular complications with a less dramatic evolution compared to the wet form but no less disabling. Great challenge is to understand the pathophysiology that leads to development of one AMD form respect to another and within each of the two‚
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Measuring age-related psychological change is an exceptionally difficult and challenging task for even highly skilled professionals. The reasons for this are vast‚ but there is a general consensus of issues running commonly throughout selected articles in which will be discussed. Common threads of concern in measuring psychological change are firstly defining what age is and how best it is measured to determine differences. Age can be described as one of the most primary social and cultural categories
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CASE SENARIO Victor Newton is a 51-year-old known alcoholic who was admitted to ICU via A&E with a three week history of malaena‚ recent large volume haematemesis that morning and severe epigastric pain. He had previous episodes of malaena and haematemesis over the Christmas holiday season and was awaiting an out patient endoscopy appointment. Q.1 List the nursing priorities when preparing for and admitting a patient with an emergency GI bleed. Include resources needed such as equipment‚ drugs
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Gastrointestinal Bleeding By Paul M Choi | Submitted On November 15‚ 2012 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Expert Author Paul M Choi Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a very common condition that occurs
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Disease and Treatment in the Middle Ages The Middle Ages were tough times when it came to disease and medicine. There were numerous types of sickness and disease that flooded Europe during the Middle Ages. Not helping the situation‚ the medicinal knowledge of the people of Europe of the time was not up to par. Some of the diseases and illness that were running rampant during these times were pneumonia‚ leprosy‚ and the plague. The middle ages were a time of great suffering and death because of
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The Medieval Ages was a difficult time period for ancient Europe. The villages had trouble thriving due to lack of protection from conquering invaders. Europe was struggling to stay intact as many invaders took advantage of the poor armies and leaders. As a result‚ the government decided to go to feudalism where every individual was a serf‚ knight‚ noble or lord. This lead to the lords to get rich and greedy while the serfs struggled from lack of food‚ poor living conditions and disease striking the
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Heart disease can cause chest pain‚ heart attacks‚ heart failure‚ and arrhythmia. Cigarette smoking is related to heart disease because it raises triglycerides‚ damage cells that line the blood vessels‚ and its makes blood clot more often which can block blood flow to the brain and heart. Smoking cigarettes does not only affect the user but also people around them. The smoke the user exhales can be very harmful to others. CDC stated that “Secondhand smoke causes nearly 34‚000 early deaths from coronary
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