Treatment: Management is mostly symptomatic. Raynaud's phenomenon can be treated with calcium channel blockers while proton pomp inhibitors are given for gastric reflux. Low doses of corticosteroids with immunosuppressive agents may be needed in cases with progressive lung fibrosis. Pulmonary vasodilators are given in case of pulmonary arterial hypertension.(17) Regarding lung involvement in Systemic Sclerosis
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Are there many advantages encourage people to immigration? In fact, most people think immigrate other counties can give them many benefits that they can’t receive in their own country and most family have one or more children, they want to their children can get more professional education, free medicine, and balance living expenses. Sometimes, immigration is not like that easy some cases may take more than five years operation even so, there are still have many people willing to try because of
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This video was very interesting; Rishi Mancahda is a doctor and one of his patients is named Veronica. She visited doctor after doctor about some headaches she was experiencing; they all told her if the headaches come back; then she needs to come back to see the doctors. After many test were done no one knew what was wrong with her; she went to go see Rishi when he saw her he noticed that she had a crease at the top of her nose. On her chart it had questions like do you have mold, cockroaches etc;
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Petre 16 years old, BTHS soccer wonder, tears his ACL junior year. No one knows if he can come back from this type of an injury. He went in for the ball with his foot in mid air, and as he came down his knee was in deep pain. Medics rushed him to the hospital, and he is currently being evaluated and put in a cast.” I read to myself. I can’t believe I made the front cover of the Burlington County Times over an injury. What is the whole school gonna thinking when they read this. “Ugh why did this happen
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This week I will write my paper on leadership. At Brandon Regional Hospital I demonstrated leadership when working with my preceptor. I demonstrated leadership by taking charge of my preceptor patients. My preceptor stated that since I am soon to graduate, I should be able to handle more patients. She gave me four of her patient for the entire day. During my shift, I was on my own but had to take reports from the off going nurse. I gather all important labs, and wrote down all medication that was
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Refresh Smile Expert Dr. Scott Frank | Buffalo Grove, IL Welcome to North Shore Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Scott Frank is an experienced implantologist who specializes in Refresh Smile, the most efficient, high-quality dental implant restoration procedure. We work with general dentists who want to help their patients achieve healthy, beautiful new smiles with dental implants. We can help your patients by catering to their specific needs and then sending them back to the primary dentist they
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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia In general, Healthcare acquired infections are caused by a viral, bacterial, or fungal pathogen that is not present at the time of admission to a hospital or other healthcare setting. These infections can result in an extended stay for patients, mortality, and increased healthcare costs. They can also occur in pediatric and adult patients of either sex, but are more common in critically ill patients. Healthcare acquired infections are a huge concern in the medical
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Over the past several years there has been a decline in the rate of hospitals occupancies. The U.S. government saw the need to contain the rising cost of medical services. In 1983 the U.S. government made changes to the social security amendment coverage. That law required Medicare to stop paying hospitals per diem rate on the basis of their cost to operations. Instead hospitals would receive a pre-establish fixed rate per admission (Shi &Singh, 2013). In recent years there is extraordinary growth
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I knew at a young age, I wanted to work in a medical field. During high school, I saw an opportunity at a program, Jacob Riis, to work at a hospital so I grabbed it. I was assigned to Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility as a summer intern and it was an experience that I will cherish. At this internship, it was more than taking care of the patients; it was about learning from the patient. Every single patient has a story. Many patients truly undergo a total transformation and have
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of hepatic encephalopathy requiring intubation. Patient was extubated and re-intubated for hypercapnic respiratory failure after developing stridor treated with racemic epinephrine nebulizer treatments. Hospital course was complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) versus hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), acute
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