Pneumonia: Pneumonia is a lung infection caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi that inflame the air sacs in the lungs and can causes them to fill with fluid or pus. This can cause coughing, a build up of phlegm, difficulty breathing, fever, and chills. It is most serious if infants and young children, people over the age of 65, and those with a low immune system contract it. (Mayo Clinic Staff; Pneumonia definition) If the doctor believes you have pneumonia he may order a chest x-ray to confirm
Liposuction: The Bad and The Ugly Due to the risk involved, liposuction is not the answer to having a great body. Liposuction is one of the most popular forms of cosmetic surgery today. Those seeking the perfect body seldom understand the risks involved in this invasive surgery. One of the risks of liposuction is that fat cells can grow back in the area where the procedure took place. Another risk associated with this procedure is over-aggressive fat removal. Poor work performed by untrained doctors
My case study encompasses pulmonary embolism and a saddle pulmonary embolism. The patient I chose was a female who had just given birth with no complications during labor, but developed a pulmonary embolism that later on was confirmed to be a saddle pulmonary embolism. Not known to me before this clinical study pulmonary embolism is a leading cause of death among pregnant women in the developed world. A pulmonary embolism is a sudden blockage in a lung artery. The blockage is usually by a blood clot
or medical negligence where a trial and prosecution may be necessary. This essay reviews the roles of the Procurator Fiscal and the forensic pathologist in relation to sudden death and looks at two common natural causes of sudden death; pulmonary embolism and cerebrovascular disease and how they might be identified by post-mortem investigation. The role of the Procurator Fiscal is to oversee the investigation of all deaths deemed sudden or unexpected, occurring under suspicious circumstances, in
Deep vein thrombosis, noun, is the formation of a blood clot within a deep vein, most commonly found in the legs, and older people. But, every so often, a teenager with come into a hospital with DVT, and even then, they will almost always have a genetic clotting disease. I didn’t. Many people say they are not afraid of death, and I always believed I was one of them. It wasn’t until my closest “dance with death” , that I really understood my fear. It began as a basic wisdom tooth extraction;
in these patients. The patient should be advised to report if the pain goal is not been met. It is important for patients who have had a total knee replacement to ambulate early to prevent the formation of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). Therefore the nurse with the advice of the surgeon and the physical therapy team has to assist the patient to start ambulating soon after the surgery. Also part of the nursing intervention to prevent DVT and PEs includes making sure that the
When it breaks off it can travel throughout the body’s bloodstream. It is called an embolus when the clot breaks off. The clots that broke off throughout the thighs, are more likely to cause Pulmonary Embolism, rather than the other blood clots within the remainder of the body. Pulmonary Embolism is a serious condition which can be caused by blood clots. It can damage your organs, more likely to be the lungs, and cause death of an individual. The prevalence of Deep Vein Thrombosis is actually idiopathic
The Patient Story The patient interviewed is a 21-year-old Caucasian female who will be referred to as C.L.; she was recently diagnosed with Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) and wants to seek more information about how to manage the disease. She is currently a nursing student at the University of Minnesota who enjoys playing soccer, being a part of her student organizations, and hanging out with her friends. C.L. experiences symptoms and complications such as dyspnea (shortness of breath), dizziness
will detach from the leg and travel through your blood to the heart or lungs in which case sudden and severe symptoms and even death can result if left untreated within a few hours. (www.activebeat.co) Diagnosing deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism may be difficult as the sign and be difficult as the sign and symptoms associated with these disorders are not unique to these conditions. As a result, objective testing is needed to confirm the diagnosis. Venography and pulmonary angiography remain
long flights. One in every 100 patients who develop DVT die from pulmonary embolism (PE). If PE can be diagnosed and treatment started the mortality rate can be reduced from 30% to less than 10%.
Coumadin, whose generic name is Warfarin, and is manufactured by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, is an anticoagulant medication. It is more commonly known as a “blood thinner”; however it does not actually thin the blood. An anticoagulant helps your body control how fast your blood clots and it prevents clots from forming during certain medical conditions. Medications such as Coumadin may prevent an already present clot from getting any larger and may also prevent a piece of the clot from breaking
In a healthy human being, the body is able to prevent excessive bleeding. This prevention occurs through the action of plasma and this specific action causes the plasma to become sticky and form clots. Clots are composed at the place where the injury occurs to stop excessive bleeding due to possible wounds in the area and potentially causing death. Clotting takes place naturally and it relies on many chemical reactions occurring in the body so a substance called thrombin can be produced. However
The Uses of Enzymes In Industry, Medicine and Analytical and Diagnostic Processes Enzymes are very precise protein molecules with a high specificity which are used to catalyse chemical reactions by lowering the activation energy required for the reaction to take place. It is these properties of being able to break down substances easily and bind specifically to certain chemicals that make enzymes very useful in many industries and practices throughout the world. In addition to this enzymes
swollen from poor circulation. You may also need it to prevent a blood clot from forming in your legs. Blood clots can form in your legs if you are on bed rest at home or in the hospital. Blood clots in your legs can travel to your lungs (pulmonary embolism) and cause life-threatening problems. To use the device, you lie still while the cuff inflates around your leg. Your health care provider will decide when you should use the device, how often it will inflate, and how much pressure it will apply
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Anticoagulants agents are medicines used to reduce clotting in an artery, a vein, or the heart. These clots can block the blood flow to your heart muscle and could cause the patient to have a heart attack. This blockage can also block blood flow to your brain, causing a patient to have a stroke. There are several types of anticoagulants like warfarin and heparin. Certain labs such as INR and PT have to be done before warfarin is given and the PTT must be checked also before giving heparin. It’s important
The increased risk of venous thrombosis occurs in this population due to the use of mechanical ventilation, sedation and paralytics (Cook & Crowther, 2010). Venous thrombosis can significantly increase the risk of a patient developing a pulmonary embolism. Additionally, it can create long term impacts such as post-thrombotic syndrome. This syndrome occurs twenty to fifty percent after the development of the thrombosis. This can have momentous impacts on individual’s ability
Characters as Portrayed Through Themes and Images in The English Patient While the four main characters of The English Patient are extremely powerful, and important to the reader's understanding of the story, they cannot stand alone without the patterns of imagery, symbolism and metaphor which underpin the text, and offer a complexity which extends beyond the literal level. These patterns reveal information about each character, and provide significant links between characters and ideas
and there is a lot of risk involved with scuba diving. Scuba, which is actually an acronym for “self-contained breathing apparatus”, Allows divers to dive deeper and stay submerged longer. Scuba comes a long way from other forms of diving by using an air-tank and regulator. This is what allows them to stay under longer and dive deeper. Scuba originally began with military and commercial applications, where it is still used today. But now, by far the largest group of divers is “Recreational Divers”.
In 1835, Nathaniel Hawthorne published the tale of “Young Goodman Brown,” a tale that illustrates many configurations of symbolism used to leave the reader planting the pieces together through his characteristics of detail and imagery. Hawthorne’s prime analogy expressed throughout this tale is the loss of vulnerability and pureness when reaching maturity. The setting of Young Goodman Brown is in Salem, where the Salem witch craft trials were held in the 1600’s. This is the first symbol Hawthorne