Treatment (to be managed at a tertiary care level) 1. Before starting antibiotic therapy‚ high vaginal or cervical swab and blood culture should be obtained. 2. IV fluids for correction of electrolyte imbalance (see section on Shock in Chapter 2). 3. Oxygen by facemask in severe cases. In cases of adult respiratory distress syndrome‚ intubation and ventilatory support is required‚ and hydrotherapy‚ if required. 4. If blood pressure is not
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change of eating patterns are signs as well.) These symptoms are different than those of adults who get concussions. The human brain has quite a few difficulties when there is brain trauma. (One problem is that the brain stops producing electrolytes. Electrolytes allow the brain to function properly‚ and without them the brain can’t function as well. Another problem that happens in the brain is the cells in the brain leak potassium. This makes the cell have to expend more energy to repair itself
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Heat Stress Exercises- Bhaskarla Krishna Harika Question 1: (5 marks) Herbicide spraying is taking place with a hand-held spray. The sprayers carry a container of weedkiller on their backs and the spraying covers a large area which they are covering on foot. The sprayers have just come back from annual leave‚ this being their first week back. To protect themselves against the herbicide‚ they are wearing cotton coveralls and gloves. On the day when spraying is to take place‚ the
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Acid-Base Balance and Fluids and Electrolytes Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Date Due Respiratory Acidosis Respiratory acidosis refers to a medical defect in which hypoventilation occurs leading to increased concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood and decreased level of pH. Decreased pH in the blood is generally known as acidosis. The body cells continuously respire and release carbon dioxide. The lungs may fail to efficiently expel the CO2. This condition is known as alveolar
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ACID BASE IMBALENCE INTRODUCTION The body normally maintains a steady balance between acids‚ produced during metabolism and bases that neutralize and promote the excretion of the acids.Many health problems may lead to acid base imbalance.Patients with Diabetis mellitus ‚COPD‚and kidney disease frequently frequently develop acid base imbalences. Vomiting and diarrhea may also cause acid base imbalance.The kidneys are an essential buffer system for
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been like? 7. Have you had any radiation therapy to your head and/or neck? 8. Have your menstrual periods been altered? 3. You know that potential causes of R.M.’s symptoms include depression‚ hypothyroidism‚ anemia‚ cardiac disease fluid and electrolyte imbalance and allergies. As part of your screening procedures‚ describe how you would begin to investigate which of these conditions probably do not account for R.M.’s symptoms. During the physical assessment‚ a focus should be on auscultation
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hyponatremia or low blood sodium‚ which may have occurred by the young girl drinking a lot of water in the hot sun to try and stay hydrated‚ but which caused an electrolyte imbalance in her body‚ thus resulting in muscle cramps. 2. The muscle cramps will go away once she drinks the salt water‚ which will restore the necessary electrolyte balance in her
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-Hematuria: Hemoglobin in the urine. Water‚ Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance: Q 2. A) What are the fluid compartments of the body. How fluid move from one compartment to another? 65% is located in the Intra Cellular Fluid (ICF) 35% is part of the Extra Cellular Fluid (ECF). Out of the 35% in
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Purpose: To find out if the Unknown substances are bases or acids. Materials: goggles aprons paper for data table graduated cylinder unknown I substance beakers/test tubes stirring rod litmus paper pH indicator paper pH color chart phenolphthalein scoopula eye-dropper digital pH meter magnesium ribbon calculator unknown II substance forceps sodium bicarbonate Procedures: Test the pH of the Unknown substances with litmus paper and pH indicator paper and match to color chart
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Body Fat and Eating Disorders Paper School: University of Phoenix Class: SCI/241 Nutrition Instructor: Lindsay Eisenhut By Ronald Berry Introduction Obese people have an overall morality rate almost twice that of non - obese people. They
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