Bronchial Asthma | Pediatric and Adolescent Care (psych) | Jessica Chrysostom 00022492Deniece La Roche 00036255Kendon Simmons 00039205 | Table of Contents Topic Page # Introduction 2-4 Clinical Manifestation 4 Asthma and Age Diagnosis Diagnostic challenges Major Criteria
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Spinal Cord InjuriesArticle Last Updated: Aug 8‚ 2006 BackgroundPatients with spinal cord injury (SCI) usually have permanent and often devastating neurologic deficits and disability. According to the National Institutes of Health‚ "among neurological disorders‚ the cost to society of automotive SCI is exceeded only by the cost of mental retardation."The goals for the emergency physician are to establish the diagnosis and initiate treatment to prevent further neurologic injury from either pathologic
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Normal and abnormal changes within the GI system for the elderly (905) Mouth: gingival retraction‚ decreased taste buds‚ decreases sense of smell‚ decrease volume of saliva‚ atrophy of gingival tissue; loss of teeth‚ dentures‚ difficulty chewing‚ diminished sense of taste‚ dry oral mucosa‚ poor fitting dentures Esophagus: lower esophageal sphincter pressure decreases‚ motility decreases; epigastric distress‚ dysphagia‚ potential for hiatal hernia and aspiration ABD wall: thinner and less taut
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CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 1 History and examination of the cardiovascular system I Mitral stenosis 3 2 Mitral regurgitation 8 3 Mixed mitral valve disease 12 4 Aortic regurgitation 13 6 Mixed aortic valve lesion 23 7 Mixed mitral and aortic valve disease 24 8 Hypertension 27 9 Atrial fibrillation 31 10 Palpitations 35 11 Slow pulse rate 37 12 Gallop rhythm 39 13 Angina pectoris 41 14 Acute myocardial infarction 45 15 Jugular venous pulse 52 16 Congestive cardiac failure 54 17 Infective
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EMERGENCY NURSING Your guide in becoming an Emergency Nurse INTRODUCTION According to Emergency Nurses association‚ Emergency nursing is a specialty area of the nursing profession like no other. To provide quality patient care for people o all ages‚ emergency nurses must possess both general and specific knowledge about health care to provide quality patient care for people of all ages. Emergency nurses must be ready to treat a wide variety of illnesses or injury situations‚ ranging from
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THE INTERPRETATION OF THE POSITIVE VENOUS PULSE.* ALBION WALTER HEWVLETT‚ M.D. (Assistant Professor of AMedicine at thze Cooper Medical College‚ San Francisco‚ Cal.) INTRODUCTION. The normal venous pulse is characterized by the presence of two main waves. The first of these‚ the a wave‚ is due to the contractioni of the right auricle‚ and immediately precedes the carotid pulse. The other‚ or v wave‚ appears in the neck in early diastole coincident with the closure of the semilunar valves
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concentration: 1-2mcg/L (1.5mcg-3mcg/L indicates toxicity) Monitoring: Serum electrolytes (especially potassium) and Renal function. A narrow therapeutic index‚ Possibility of Digitalis toxicity‚ made worse by hypokalaemia. Managed by giving potassium sparing diuretic or potassium supplements. Note: Elderly more susceptible to digitalis toxicity. Important side effects: Nausea‚ Vomiting‚ Diarrhoea‚ Dizziness‚ Blurred vision. The Drugs The Interaction Digoxin and Amiodarone Plasma conc. of Digoxin
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|Question 1 | |A client has been hospitalized after an automobile accident. A full leg cast was applied in the emergency room. The most important reason for| |the nurse to elevate the casted leg is to | |
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ACCF/AHA Pocket Guideline Adapted from the 2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy November 2011 Developed in Collaboration With the American Association for Thoracic Surgery‚ American Society of Echocardiography‚ American Society of Nuclear Cardiology‚ Heart Failure Society of America‚ Heart Rhythm Society‚ Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions‚ and Society of Thoracic Surgeons © 2011 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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Marine organisms and other novel natural sources of new cancer drugs Gilberto Schwartsmann South-American Office for Anticancer Drug Development (SOAD)‚ Comprehensive Cancer Centre (CINCAN)‚ The Lutheran University (ULBRA) & Postgraduate Course in Medicine (UFRGS)‚ Porto Alegre‚ Brazil Introduction Man has always relied on nature for survival. Since ancient times‚ nature has been our main source of food‚ protection‚ clothing‚ transportation and remedies [1‚2]. This can be illustrated by the
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