Play A Part" Clotting Disorders “Calf Dips” and “5Ps Had Caused Clots” Clubbing: “Club” Coma - Altered Mental Status : "Acute Clouding" Cough: "Hacking" Cramps in muscles – “Cramps” Dementia – “Dementias” Diarrhea: "Diarrheal" Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation – “DICs” Dyspnea – “Acute Dyspnea” Ear Ache: "Otitis" Eye Inflammation - Red Eye: "Iritis" Headache: "Vint Heent" Hematuria – “ Pops Got Hematuria” Hemoptysis – “Hemoptysis” Hiccups (Prolonged) – “Hiccups” Hoarsness – “Hoarseness”
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A Battle of Ills Throughout history‚ many diseases have come and gone‚ leaving waves in the water of human progress. And though illnesses have been numerous‚ only two diseases have truly affected entire civilizations‚ ravaging the culture and lifestyle of the peoples‚ and escalating to epidemical heights. The two scourges are bubonic plague‚ which influenced Europe during the 1300’s‚ and smallpox‚ which impacted Mesoamerica and the Native Americans from the 1500’s to the 1900’s. To understand
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-Malala and two other girls present in the school bus are shot by the Taliban. Realizing this‚ the bus driver rushes to the Swat Central Hospital. - In the hospital‚ many tests are preformed and it is determined that the bullet missed Malala’s brain‚ but the impact caused splinters of bone to lodge in her brain‚ causing shock. -A neurosurgeon named Colonel Junaid makes the decision to immediately conduct surgeries‚ rather than moving Malala to another hospital. This decision ultimately saves her
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Asthma The Silent Killer: How many different ways it can Affect an Individuals life Michael Poulos Cornell University Asthma: The Silent Killer
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Our Lady of Fatima University College of Nursing Fairview‚ Quezon City A Case Study on Leptospirosis In Partial Fulfilment Of the Requirement in Out Patient Department Related Learning Experience Table of Contents Case Summary………………………………………………………...............…..……...4 I. Introduction……………………………………………………..........……......5 II. Patient’s Profile……………………………………….............….……………7 III. Pathophysiology………………………………………...........………………..8 IV. Nursing Care Plan…………………………............
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Introduction: The case before us is interesting on several aspects. One‚ the patient is a minor who was treated for 3 days‚ successfully‚ before his parents could be contacted. Most importantly‚ this case is interesting because the causative agent was ultimately found to be a toothpick‚ identification of which was very difficult because a toothpick does not show on standard diagnostic imaging techniques such as MRI and CT scans. The patient’s family has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against
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Surgical Removal of Female Reproductive Organ due to Carcinoma-In-Situ‚ Cancer or Accident. 30% of the Basic Sum Assured per claim Maximum 2 claims are allowed and only 1 claim per category applies. Pregnancy Care Benefit i) Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (after 7 months of pregnancy); ii) Ectopic Pregnancy; iii) Hydatidiform Mole; iv) Eclampsia; v) Late Miscarriage (after 18th to 28th week of pregnancy); vi) Death of Foetus (after 28th week of pregnancy); or vii) Death
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cardiovascular changes during pregnancy are: Increased intravascular volume – 1500 cc’s Decreased systemic vascular resistance d/t peripheral vasodilation Cardiac output changes during labor and birth – During each contraction‚ an average of 400 ml of blood is emptied from the uterus into the maternal vascular system increases cardiac output by about 12% to 31% in the first stage and by about 50% in the second stage Intravascular volume changes that occur just after childbirth
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Infection 5. Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) PREVENTION OF FRACTURES NUTRITION AND SUNLIGHT The human body needs adequate supplies of calcium for healthy bones. Milk‚ cheese‚ yoghurt and dark green leafy vegetables are good sources of calcium. Our body needs vitamin
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and blood clotting as long as it remains intact. The endothelial cells produce prostacyclin‚ which produces a number of vasoconstrictor substances; plasmin and endothelium derived relaxing factors‚ all of which are important inhibitors of intravascular coagulation. A venous catheter can be used as an example of a source of vascular injury where the endothelial lining is disrupted‚ resulting in increased fibrin strands gathering at the site of injury‚ allowing a clot to
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