his letter to The Lancet. After a patient seizes their temperature can run up to 105° or more while their pulse averages at about 90 beats per minute. The high temperature and low pulse are frequently combined with epistaxis (nosebleed) and cyanosis (blueness of the skin). The epistaxis is caused by the high temperature and the cyanosis is caused by a lack of oxygen due to the decreased pulse (Kent 34). The author of Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919, Susan Kinglsey Kent, provides a brief history of
Immunodeficiency diseases are any diseases that cause an absence or inadequate immune response. They usually effect the immune cells, T-cells, B-cells, complement cells, or phagocytes. Immunodeficiency disease can cause many complications in the body. The compromise of the immune system can eventually lead to death if it is not treated promptly and correctly. A rare immunodeficiency disease that can lead to death is Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome. Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome is a disease that deals with
For some people, epistaxis or called nosebleeds are usually common in either outside or at home. Nosebleeds can be frightening and surprising sometimes where it is hard to know why it would happen. For some reasons, nose bleed are not just because of high body temperature but also other causes. These causes can be found in some diseases or condition that would affect nose bleeding. Nose bleeding usually occurs in children, elderly, high intake aspirin patients and people who have blood clotting problems
1) When a patient arrives in the Emergency Room how does the staff know who to see first? The ER staff know whom to see first by checking the patients that are the most critical ill by a clever system called triage, subsequently they check whoever they have arrived first. 2) What’s triage? Describe the process for triage. Triage- the sorting of and allocation of treatment to according to a system of priorities designed to maximize the number of survivors. Moreover, the system categorizes the condition
A six-year-old, Lucas, walks into the hospital with his mom. The mother explains to the nurse that the child has a fever, unexplainable bruising, and is abnormally tired (KidsHealth, 2014). The nurse takes vital signs to see how high the fever is, due to how high the fever is the mother believes this is causing the drowsiness. However, the nurse takes a look at the bruising. The mother explains that the child is not in sports and isn’t in to rough housing. The nurse then questions the boy to see
drugs. However, he did not take his medications last year because he was feeling just fine. In addition, he was very busy with work. Nevertheless, he felt tired after work and developed dyspnea while climbing the stairs. Recently, he had a bout of epistaxis (severe nose bleed) with dizziness and blurred vision. He went to the doctor for a check up. His blood pressure was 180/110, and the doctor found rales or crackles on his chest upon auscultation. The doctor ordered rest and asked him to start his
all this has been overwhelming, but still it could not be compared with the feeling that I had when I made a child and his parents smile. It was during my final year pediatric rotations, when I came across a case of 6 year old boy admitted with epistaxis and diagnosed to have dengue hemorrhagic fever with significant thrombocytopenia. His condition required urgent platelet transfusions. But a blood bank in the rural hospital like ours wasn’t fully equipped to issue us with platelets immediately.
also occur. This can occur due to increased serotonin at the synaptic levels which causes inhibition of the release of dopamine through specific presynaptic serotonin receptor subtypes. Another typical side-effect includes bleeding such as brusing, epistaxis, and gastrointestinal bleeding. SSRIs inhibit platelet functions and this could lengthen the time and risk of bleeding. When serotonin receptors are hyperstimulated, a condition called serotonin syndrome can occur. This syndrome brings about nausea
Leptospirosis Leptospirosis is disease that is seen worldwide in both humans and animals. Leptospirosis can affect most mammals and has a multitude of clinical signs or symptoms and has varying degrees of infectivity. It can be tricky to diagnose, can be fatal, and has the potential of infecting humans. Leptospirosis is a disease that is becoming increasingly prominent in the world and has even been causing epidemics in countries because it is frequently misunderstood. For these reasons alone it
During pregnancy, the body undergoes various physiological changes as it adapts to the role of developing a fetus. During this fragile time period, a mother’s body is 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
SOAP is a comprehensive documentation use by health care practitioners to write a systematic method of a patient history and physical. The information obtains from the patient complaint develop a diagnosis, plan, and medical management to health problems. The purpose of the assignment involves a comprehensive H&P that takes into considerate the patient signs and symptoms and formatting a plan of action, treatment and management in collaboration with the patient. Patient Initials: K. K.
Case Study Michael Hanson is a 77-year-old Caucasian male with a 60 year history of smoking. He has severe hypertension and benign prostatic hypertrophy. He has been prescribed Prazosin (Minipress) starting with 1 mg at bedtime and then increasing the dose to 10 mg BID in 2 weeks. Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacotherapeutics The mechanism of action for Alpha 1 Antagonists is to inhibit postsynaptic alpha-adrenergic receptors which causes vasodilation of vessels and in turn causes
1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Accidents can happen anywhere at any time, even though some safety measures still exist. The immediate and appropriate measure taken at the right time can save the life of the victim [1]. This is why it is important to have at least a basic awareness of first aid. First aid is defined as the assessment and interventions that can be performed by a layperson immediately with minimal or no medical equipment [2]. It is a common occurrence that whenever an accident occurs
Acid Deficiency is a metabolic disorder characterized by lack of... ... middle of paper ... ...ulation respectively. In terms of assessment, hemophilia is suspected in children with excessive bleeding, easy bruising, spontaneous hematuria, and epistaxis (Ignatavicius & Workman, 2009). A low prothrombin and bleeding and low factor VIII in indicative of hemophilia A while an extended thromboplastin time and low factor IX is indicative of hemophilia B. Hemophilia is a lifelong disease and treatment
The author of this paper conducted a comprehensive health assessment of patient and portrayed in the first section of this paper .second section explains about the variables such as age, spiritual values and cultural variables affects the heath and health history interviews. In this section the author indicates that by understanding and respecting of patients culture, traditions, practice of community, as well deep personal awareness helps to avoid unconscious bias and imbalances between clinician
In Fundamentals of Nursing, by Perry (2013), nursing assessment is defined by “the deliberate and systematic collection of information about a patient to determine his or her current and past health and functional status and his or her present and past coping patterns.” A comprehensive assessment includes not only data collection about the client, but interpretation of data to target key variances in the client’s wellbeing. Physical assessment as well as information about the patient’s psychiatric
Nurses interact with families in a variety of community-based and clinical settings. The family nursing process is the same, regardless of the setting or whether the focus is on the family as a whole or on an individual in that family (Crisp & Taylor 2005). In the case of a 3 year old girl just diagnosed with leukaemia, it is important for a nurse to critically analyse the situation and address any immediate concerns. The nurse must address any professional issues that may arise and any potential
Head injuries are very serious and dangerous. Some head injuries can cause neurological brain damage. They are commonly found in the sports world, putting athletes at risk. There are a lot of head injuries that are dangerous or could cause serious damage brain and in turn, the body. Because of this, precautions, rules, and guidelines need to be in place to prevent and treat these athletes. If these things are not put in place, it could mean the difference between life and death for these athletes
Osteogenisis Imperfecta DEFINITION Osteogenisis imperfecta (OI) is "a rare genetic disorder of collagen synthesis associated with broad spectrum of musculoskeletal problems, most notably bowing and fractures of the extremities, muscle weakness, ligamentous laxity, and spinal deformities." (Binder, 386). Other collagen-containing extraskeletal tissues, such as the sclerae, the teeth, and the heart valves are also affected to a variable degree. OI has a "common feature of bony fragility associated