Breast cancer will met to the bone and brain lung and liver Risk factors: menarche b4 12 menopause after 55 obesity high fat diet family hist 1st degree relative birth of 1st child after 30 birth control pills and hrt ( Dr should be notified cause can make breast dense and harder to image) S/S: lumps in breast increased vascularity breast pain or soreness nipple retraction or ulceration Screening: breast self exam 7-10 days after menses
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Chapter 17 End of life care includes: palliative care- comprehensive care for patients whose disease is not responsive to cure; care also extends to patients’ families; management of psychological‚ social‚ and spiritual problems as well as control of pain and other physical symptoms; to improve pt and family’s quality of life hospice- care provided to terminally ill patient’s and their families; death has been accepted‚ bereavement for family; generally associated with palliative care that is
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abdominal mass • Systemic symptoms of infection – Fever – ↑ c-reactive protein – Leukocytosis with shift to the left • *Can be asymptomatic Case Study: Health History • Patient: John Smith‚ a 60 year-old Caucasian male • Past Medical History: Acute renal failure/insufficiency‚ hypertension. • Allergies: NKA • Social/Family History: Married and lives with his wife‚ who is in good health. He has three children who are grown and live in different states‚ but they talk daily. • Reason for Admittance: Wife
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Express Yourself Tennille C. Mcleod College Reading 12:00pm Class My name is Tennille C. Mcleod. I am a 38 year old returning nursing student to Sojourner Douglass College. I have spent the last 16 years in the Dialysis/Renal medical field. When I graduated from high school I was unsure of which way I wanted to go with my life. I joined the US Army Reserves. I completed 8 years of service with the army and once I returned home to the civilian world I decided to pursue
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are involved in blood pressure regulation‚ abnormally low or high blood pressure may develope. Complications of nephrotic syndrome may include venous thrombosis which occurs in the renal veins. Infection is due to leakage of immunoglobulins‚ bacteria such as influenzae‚ and streptococcus. Acute renal failure‚ despite the excess fluid in the tissues‚ there is less in the vasculature. Decreased blood flow to the kidneys will cause them to shutdown. Pulmonary edema is due to fluid leak‚ which sometimes
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Renal= related to the kidneys A bone disease that forms when kidneys do not maintain enough calcium and phosphorus in the blood Common problem with kidney disease and dialysis Often called the "silent crippler" because some symptoms are not present until being on dialysis (a process for removing waste and excess water from blood) for a couple years To test for renal osteodystrophy‚ doctors may take samples of blood to measure the levels of phosphorus‚ calcium‚ PTH (parathyroid hormone)‚ and calcitriol
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malnutrition was found in patients with advanced renal failure at the beginning of dialysis treatment (1). If not yet malnourished at the time of examination‚ end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients treated by maintence
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Kidneys Functions and Mental Health Stability The human body has several important organs‚ one of those organs are kidney. The kidney are two organs shaped as beans. The kidney size varies according to the individual age‚ sex‚ and health. They are located under the rib cage towards the back. According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (Kidney Disease Basics 2012)‚ the kidney main function is to balance the amount of sodium‚ potassium in the body‚ water‚ disposed
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is a rare abnormality of glomerular basement membrane caused by mutations in several different genes‚ all of which encode particular forms of type IV collagen‚ a major component of basement membrane. It is characterized by chronic renal failure leading to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and is often associated with sensorineural deafness (Kanski 2003). The inheritance is typically XL dominant (about 80-85%) although autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant cases have been reported (Ermisch‚ Gross
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The Benefits of Universal Healthcare: What a Positive Way Too Go Course: Introduction to Health Care The Benefits of Universal Healthcare: What a Positive Way To Go The United States has needed a Universal Health Care plan for many years. Three reasons that I believe that a Universal Health Care Plan is needed are; 1) Health Care coverage would be available for all U.S. citizens. 2) The costs for health care coverage would be reduced. 3) The health care system would
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