to also monitor her electrolytes. Her admitting diagnosis is Acute Renal Failure. Past Medical History: o Essential Hypertension o Hyperlipidemia o Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 o Stage 3 Diabetic Chronic Kidney Disease o Severe Obesity Present Medical History: o Severe abdominal pain o Dehydration o Oliguria o Uncontrolled Diabetes o Chronic Kidney Disease o Hypertension o Obesity Active Orders: o Foley Catheter o Oxygen 2 L NC o Blood Sugar Monitoring AC and HS o Insulin Regular
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Susannah Walmsley Public Speaking Linda Linn November 10, 2010 Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that has reached epidemic proportions in many developed countries throughout the world, with America having one of the highest rates of overweight children. The consequences this issue has for the children involved can be serious in a number of aspects of their lives. Not only does this issue affect a child physically, it can also have detrimental effects on a child’s
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Año 2006 Vol. 10 (3): 124-189 ISSN 0717-3652 REVISTA CHILENA REVISTA CHILENA DE DE SALUD PUBLICA SALUD PUBLICA Editada por la Escuela de Salud Pública de la Universidad de Chile. Edición cuatrimestral. Editorial Artículos Originales Perfil sociodemográfico y de riesgo cardiovascular en pacientes diabéticos de un consultorio urbano. SSMN 2004 Exposición ocupacional a plomo y cadmio en personal de salud Derivaciones del servicio de urgencia del Hospital de Til-Til a los centros de referencia
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children alike. Today’s children are living with an epidemic that will surely shorten their lives. Obesity in children can affect virtually every organ system in the child’s body causing many medical conditions from high blood pressure to diabetes. Obesity varies across the United States touching each and every culture. Recent increases in obesity likely result from the interaction of biological, social, and cultural factors within an environment char¬acterized by limited opportunities
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Running head: Current events articles assignment 1 Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in the United States, 1999-2004 Health Care Economics N 330 Professor: Joanne Dencyum January 20, 2010 Name of the article: Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in the United States, 1999-2004 Author: Cynthia L. Ogden, PhD, Margaret D. Carroll, MSPH, Lester R. Curtin, PhD, Margaret A. McDowell, MPH, RD, Carolyn J. Tabak, MD, MPH, and Katherine M. Flegal, PhD A description of the subject of the article:
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maintenance medicine. Their family history showed that X’s grandfather on her father’s side has histories of multiple cases of stroke due to hypertension. On the other hand, X’s relatives on her mother’s side had histories of stroke, hypertension, and Diabetes Mellitus Type II. In fact, one of her aunties died from stroke. Past Health History When Mrs.Y was pregnant to her first daughter which is X, she found out during her 4th month of pregnancy that she is suffering from Urinary Tract Infection,
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rate of childhood obesity development. The need for parental education in creating a stimulating home environment and increasing household income level was the key factors in future reduction of the rates of obesity in children My Assessment: This article, although provide a reasonable analysis to the effects of low income on the cause of death through childhood obesity, it fails to identify a collective approach, apart from education, as an alternative to addressing the issue. I will get point
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doubled among children and tripled among adolescents. Childhood obesity is a serious issues in children because these extra weight may cause health problem that were once seen only in adult population, it includes hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes and it also could lead to depression and low self- esteem. (Mayoclinic.org, 2014). The school based programs can play important role to prevent/ reduce these issues because school environment has important influence on children’s life and they spent
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morbidity rates (Ko et al., 2007). The prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States has increased a lot over the last thirty years. This causes a problem, since being obese may create other problems for these youths as adults, specifically diabetes and chronic illness. There are many causes for obesity: increased access to foods high in fats and sugars, larger portion sizes, increased calorie intake, and sedentary lifestyles (Sylvetsky et al., 2013). Obesity increases the risk of several chronic
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“If we could have but one generation of properly born, trained, educated, and healthy children, a thousand other problems of government would vanish.” President Herbert Hoover, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. President Hover reveals that healthy and well-educated children are the key to a successful future of our nation which many U.S. citizens agree with. The children of today will become tomorrow’s politicians, community leaders, and voters. Their physical and mental health
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