Should the decision to keep a person on life support be made by family members only? This question has major impact on many people’s lives, their deaths, and their quality of life. Many other questions can be asked in conjunction with this question. How would you like to be kept on life support? Would you want a doctor to make the decision of ‘life or death’? The questions just keep on coming, and every time we seem to find ourselves divided. This issue is relevant because of the recent media
Fluid from the intravascular space shifts into the interstitial space surrounding the cells. This shift is caused by increased hydrostatic pressure within capillaries as the result of reduced liver function blocking blood flow. Increased capillary permeability from inflammation pushes albumin into the interstitial space, increasing interstitial osmotic pressure and deceasing capillary osmotic pressure. Due to decreased liver function, albumin is not longer readily made decreasing its presence in
What is Potassium? Potassium (K+) is an important mineral the body needs to maintain and regulate many functions in the body. It is essential to life because it helps balance body water, regulate blood pressure, maintain heart function, and facilitate various cellular and tissue functions. Its function inside the cells is influenced by it positive electrical charge, which makes it a cation and an electrolyte, or a substance that regulates the flow of molecules, particularly water, across cell membranes
In 1807, a man by the name Sir Humphrey Davy discovered Potassium in London, England (Barbalance, Environmental-Chemistry). Potassium was the first element to be found through electrolysis (Softschools). Electrolysis is the chemical decomposition produced by passing an electric current through a liquid or solution containing ions. In addition to electrolysis, thermal methods are also used to produce potassium. Thermal method is a mixture or a reactant that I measured as a function of temperature
Working with children who have cancer is both one of the most challenging and humbling experiences of my professional and personal life. Some of my most remembered patients were the children and families that I cared for from their initial cancer diagnosis, through chemotherapy treatments, to remission or unfortunately occasionally death. This is an area that I am truly passionate about and it is essential that all nurses be an active part of the healthcare team in order to ensure safety and accuracy
INTRODUCTION →Bartter’s Syndrome, or hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis, is a disorder involving a set of three other closely related disorders. These rare congenital Bartter-like syndromes share many pathophysiological simularities, but differ in the age of onset and the location of genetic problems in the nephron (Guay-Woodford). →Most of those affected are diagnosed at a very young age, usually within the first 30 weeks of gestation but as late adelescence, and there does not appear to be
cells. One of the causes of hypovolemia is frequent loss of fluid, which coincides with our client’s diagnosis of urge incontinence. One of the electrolyte imbalances that our patient had was hypokalemia. Hypokalemia is a potassium level that is lower than the normal range or 3.5. Mild symptoms of hypokalemia include, abnormal heart rhythms (dysrhythmias), especially in people with heart disease, constipation feeling of skipped heart beats or palpitations, fatigue muscle damage, muscle weakness or
alive longer then they originally intended?. Many stories have turned into a media frenzy with the assisted suicide by Dr. Jack Kevorkian to help 54 yr. old Janet Adkins end her suffering from Alzheimer’s, to Terry Shiavo who suffered from extreme hypokalemia and her lifeless body was torn between her husband wanted to pull the plug to let her die a painless death to her family who wanted to keep her artificially kept alive.
Postoperative Care of the Patient with Complications: Ileus A laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a minimally evasive procedure to remove the gallbladder or gallstones. The patient will be put under general anesthesia then the abdomen will be inflated with air. The gallbladder is then removed through a small incision near the umbilicus. There are fewer complications when using a laparoscopic approach, but it is not without its draw backs. Nurses and doctors must work together to treat the postoperative
Cholera The disease, cholera, is an infection of the intestines, caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. As stated in Microbes and Infections of the Gut, the bacterium is “a Gram-negative, comma- shaped, highly motile organism with a single terminal flagellum” (105). Cholera is characterized by the most significant symptom that presents with the disease, diarrhea, and victims can lose up to twenty liters of body fluids in a day. Cholera can be a serious disease, due to the serious dehydration
sodium channel tests include the infusion of either Ajmaline, Flecainide, or Procainamide and watching for ECG changes during administration. Other conditions such as myocardial ischemia, pericarditis, pulmonary embolism, metabolic disorders (hyper/hypokalemia, hypercalcemia), can exhibit the same Brugada like ECG pattern so these need to looked at and ruled out as possibilities (Gourraud
can lead to dehydration. Dehydration is counterproductive when playing any sport because it hinders performance and can lead to more serious symptoms. Furthermore, excessive vomiting or diarrhea can result in low levels of potassium in the blood (hypokalemia). Diagnosis of gastroenteritis consists of a doctor's evaluation, stood tests, and sometimes sigmoidoscopy. However, in this example were the players were clearly vomiting and had diarrhea, the symptoms are enough to diagnosed the players with food
checks, lack of menses, and bone irritation. After the careful analysis among all human subjects, researchers discovered common medical conditions within women whom have Anorexia Nervosa. “…anemia,38.6%; leukocytopenia, 34.4%; hyponatremia, 19.7%; hypokalemia, 19.7%; bradycardia, 41.3%; hypotension, 16.1%; hypothermia, 22.4%; elevation of alanine aminotransferase concentration, 12.2%; osteopenia, 51.7%; osteoporosis, 34.6%; and primary amenorrhea, 14.8%.”(Miller et al., 2005, ¶ 12 Comment). There are
Bulimia Nervosa Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder involves periods of binge eating and periods of purging. This disorder occurs more commonly in women than in men. The person will usually eat a lot of food at one time then vomit, over exercise or take laxatives to get rid of the food. For that reason, the person is usually in the normal weight range or slightly higher. Since they are in a normal weight range or slightly higher, the disorder is easier for the person to hid the disorder from others
Objective To inform the U.S population of the risk and side effects are of low potassium, as well as to get the American people to eat more bananas. Most Americans have low potassium which could cause Sirius health issues? Low potassium (hypokalemia) has many causes. Less than 2% of Americans achieve even the recommended amount of potassium, due primarily to inadequate plant food intake. Every cell in the body requires potassium to function. “Most Americans do not meet the daily recommendation
Diversity in food habits falling Scope and Rational In this study I am going to analyze how are the changes occurring in the food habits around the world and the main reasons for the change and the declivity of eating habits. I will also compare the food habits of older generation to the food habits of this generation. I opted to research upon this topic as many health disorders/problems are basically due to the change in one’s own food habits. Introduction As the effect of Globalization and modernization
On February 1990, Terri Schiavo had a heart attack caused by an eating disorder, hypokalemia, lack of potassium in the blood stream. She developed hypoxic-encephalopathy, which means she developed brain damage from lack of oxygen support to the brain. When taken to the hospital the physicians recommended a CT scan. The CT scan showed no activities of cerebral cortex. The neurologic examinations of Terri Schiavo indicated her in a persistent vegetative State. Persistent vegetative state is a condition
One of the greatest challenges with geriatric patients is maintaining homeostasis and managing pain during multisystem failure. With geriatric patients the body’s ability to regulate itself physiologically in response to changes due to illness is decreased, there by leading to multisystem failure. Elderly display shock with minimal signs and symptoms which leaves little time for intervention. The best treatment form multisystem failure is prevention. This can be obtained by collaborating with multidisciplinary
Notes Metabolic Acidosis Metabolic acidosis occurs when the body is producing too much acid, isn't getting rid of enough acid, or doesn't have enough base to buffer the normal amount of acid. Because there are 2 basic ways why metabolic acidosis can occur, the anion gap is analyzed. Observing the anion gap can help determine if the metabolic acidosis is from a lack of buffering or excess of acid. There are several types of metabolic acidosis. Metabolic acidosis starts in the kidneys. Diabetic acidosis
paper ... ...m in order to survive. Potassium is one of three primary nutrients required by plants. Potassium works with sodium to aid in the digestion of food and in functioning of the eyes. People whose diets are low in potassium can develop hypokalemia, which in severe cases can be life threatening. Symptoms include irregular heartbeat, fatigue, muscle cramps and constipation. It is unusual for people to be deficient in potassium just because of getting too little of it in their diets, and usually