foot and an index finger on her left arm. Mrs. P. V. is also a dialysis patient‚ who visits Inpatient Dialysis Unit at the SGMC. She was sent to the ED from Inpatient Dialysis Unit for altered mental status with somnolence‚ low blood pressure‚ and hypothermia. According to daughter‚ who was at the bedside‚ the patient started being somnolent‚ confused‚ and having a poor appetite for about a week. After receiving a night shift report‚ my preceptor Dora and I‚ went to assess the patient. She had slowed
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Irregular C- color of lesions varies with shades of tan‚ brown or black and possibly red‚ blue or white D- diameter greater than 6mm E- elevated or enlarging lesion Benign Vs. Dangerous Benign- not cancerous‚ symmetrical Hyperthermia-BP Hypothermia- BP Xerosis- excessive dryness; anhydrosis Diaphoresis- profuse sweating; hyperdrosis Edema- palpate in the intracellular spaces Types of Edema: Pitting- present when indentation remains on skin after applying pressure Non-pitting- firm with
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Throughout history‚ doctors have produced many great wonders and cured many diseases that at one time were considered deadly but during World War II many German doctors conducted thousands of unconsented medical experiments on concentration camp prisoners. The experiments could be split up into three categories. Experiments aimed at facilitating the survival of military personnel‚ developing and testing pharmaceuticals and treatment methods for injuries and illnesses which German military encountered
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You’re a chinese peasant who works hard to provide for your family. One day the Qin imperial army rips you away from your family and forces you to work on the Great Wall. You only know you won’t see your family for several years. This example may seem a little brutal‚ but during the construction of the Great Wall this happened frequently. The Great Wall of China was built by the Qin and Han dynasties to protect China from Mongols but many still died. The benefits of the Great Wall did not outweigh
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Family are typically consisted of a mother‚ father‚ and their children typically living in one roof this is typically known as a nuclear family yet‚ is it still considered a family when one parents is present instead of two parents. Time has proven to show that a family no longer has to be the traditional two parents house hold‚ that a family is consistent of people that each care of each other such as friends. In cases such as Gilbert Grape family he lives in a one parent household in which the
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Carbon oxide and Nitrogen oxide are one of the many air pollutants this world is having problems with. As for carbon oxide and nitrogen oxide they fall into the category of a primary pollutant‚ or as so I believe. The reason for why I believe this is because when nitrogen oxide is let out and exposed into the air it can harm the growth of our plants and crops which results us to lose quantities of our food being grown. Also if nitrogen oxide is inhaled it can cause health complications such as asthma
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Do animals have feelings? We may never know for sure‚ but for those of us who think they do‚ there are animal rights groups. For those of us who don’t think so‚ or just don’t care‚ there’s indifference and there’s hunting. The morality of sport and commercial hunting has been in question for centuries. I could open a economy size can of worms about fox hunting in England‚ whale hunting in Japan‚ and tiger hunting in Africa. I think it’s safe to say that most of us are supportive of protecting endangered
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Sea Pollution The pollution of the ocean is rapidly becoming a crucial problem on Earth. The major causes of sea pollution are oil spills‚ toxic waste‚ and dumping of other harmful materials into the ocean. This pollution will directly affect the living organisms in the ocean and indirectly affect human’s health and resources. We‚ as humans‚ should learn more about these in order to have the knowledge on how to solve this problem effectively. Oil spill is perhaps the most publicly acknowledged
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When you think of the holocaust‚ what do you think about? Is it the millions of Jews lives that were taken? Or is it a great‚ but evil spirited dictator named Adolph Hitler? Hitler was responsible for every human who died and had their humanity taken away and many children and their parents. Adolph Hitler is probably one of the worst people ever to live. When people talk of evil deeds he is at the top of the list. He was a man of words‚ and could use them to his advantage. He had an ability
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by her aunty‚ who the authorities thought was her mother‚ when she was 8 years old. She suffered 128 injuries from being beaten with sharp and blunt instruments and after Victoria’s post mortem was carried out‚ her cause of death was found to be hypothermia brought on by malnourishment and living in a damp environment with restricted movement. Victoria’s Aunty was arrested at the hospital on 25th February 2000 on suspicion of neglect. Victoria had been a part of multi agency child protection plan
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