Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) is a complex and progressive multisystemic hemostatic malfunction effecting canines, felines, humans, and other animals (Hackner). DIC is significantly more common in canines than in felines, but the mortality rate in felines is much higher, 93% versus 50-77% in canines (Bruchim, Hackner). This fatal syndrome is not a specific disease but a secondary complication of an underlying disorder (Bruchim). Marked by excessive intravascular coagulation leading
To stop the blood flow after damage, body uses three ways to maintain hemostasis; vascular spasm, platelet plug formation, and coagulation. Coagulation is an important process to prevent loss of blood when blood vessels are cut or damaged. Blood clot is a plug of platelet reinforce with the mesh of fibrin. However, a person with Disseminated intravascular coagulation, DIC, the blood clots have formed throughout the blood vessels when does not necessary. It leads to organ damages due to blocked blood
Meningococcemia is an acute and potentially life-threatening infection of the bloodstream that can cause many sy... ... middle of paper ... ...53). St. Louis, MI: Elsevier. Disseminated intravascular coagulation (dic). (2010). Retrieved from http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/disseminated-intravascular-coagulation-dic-topic- overview Hazinski, M. (1993). Nursing care of the critically ill child. (3rd ed., pp. 863-865). St. Louis, MI: Elsevier Mosby. MacNeil, J., & Cohn, A. (2014). Meninococcal
susceptible to various medical conditions that she may otherwise not be at risk for at any other period in her life. The most common cause of abnormal hemorrhage during pregnancy, and in the puerperium, is the thrombohemorrhagic disorder disseminated intravascular coagulation, or DIC. DIC occurs secondary to an underlying condition, often undetected by the time that manifestations of DIC are apparent. Diagnosis of precipitating factors is imperative to preventing the development of DIC and prevention through
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communication. This overproduction of cytokine wreaks havoc on the immune system and disrupts the normal behavior of the liver, kidneys, respiratory system, skin and blood. In extreme cases, small clots form everywhere, a process known as disseminated intravascular coagulation, followed by hemorrhaging. Blood fills the intestines, the digestive tract and the bladder, spilling out of the nose, eyes and mouth. Death occurs within a week (Hammer
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This was patient A.C.’s first pregnancy. She is 19-years-old and currently G1P1[T1; PT0; A(S)0; A(T)0; L1]. In addition, she tested positive for Herpes Simplex Virus type 2 (HSV-2); however, at the time of delivery there were not any current breakouts. HSV is defined as an infection that has an affinity for the skin and nervous system and usually results in small, temporary, irritating, and painful fluid-filled blisters on the skin and mucous membranes (Lowdermilk, Perry, Cashion, Alden, & Olshansky
into sepsis which is an inflammatory state generated by a systemic response to bacteria. (Merck 19th 2299) Hypovolemic shock is the beginning of MODS in which the intravascular volume is decreased. Venous return, ventricular filling and stroke volume are all diminished as well. Cardiac output is diminished by the effects of the intravascular volume decrease. Heart rate increases in order to increase cardiac output. Hypovolemic shock is usually caused by a severe hemorrhage
According to my research, the Black plague, also known as the “black death” was a huge disaster that spread from a town called Caffa into Europe in a small amount of time in the early 1300’s. The plague traveled on trade routes. The disease also passed to Italy, France, England, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and, Poland as well. According to the book; Plague and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulu's Chinatown , it also “occurred in china and killed millions of people.” This
Sepsis: Early Detection and Implementation of Sepsis Resuscitation Bundle Introduction Sepsis is defined as the body’s inflammatory response to an infection and can quickly lead to multiple organ failure and death. Early, goal-directed therapy using the sepsis resuscitation bundle introduced in the “Surviving Sepsis Campaign” is the treatment used throughout the world for sepsis treatment (Winterbottom 2012, pp 247). There are approximately one million cases of sepsis in the United States
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As terrorists groups become better financed and more sophisticated, the opportunity for terrorism in the United States and Europe becomes much greater. Within the sphere of bio-terrorism, there are a variety of agents for terrorist groups to utilize, ranging from Category A, B, and C bioweapon agents. The whole board of biological weapon agents highlights the goal that terrorists have in common: to attack our core human biology and kindle the growing panic within each of us. Introduction Parallel
infections, or viral infections such as CMV and mononucleious. Also it can effect a minor proportion of healthy pregnant women, they will develop a mild case but this is not cause for concern unless the condition persists and becomes Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
the leakage of large quantities of potentially toxic intracellular contents into plasma (Muscal, 2013). In contrast to mild muscle pain, Rhabdomyolysis, commonly known as ‘Rhabdo’, may result in life-threatening renal failure and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) while also being multifactorial in adult patients (Muscal, 2013). Approximately 28-37% of all Rhabdomyolysis cases in the United States require short term hemodyalysis (Melli G, 2013). The purpose of this paper is to explore
Ecstasy Methylenedioxymethamhetamine, the compound used in the drug Ecstasy, was developed in Germany in 1914 as an intermediary substance to pave the way to alternative therapeutic medicines. Presently, MDMA is used for a subculture in America and all over the world of "ravers" who spend their weekends taking this unique drug because of its seemingly mind- expanding properties. The truth about this drug is that it fools the body's senses by releasing too much serotonin and possibly permanently