ABSTRACT: Background Awake endotracheal intubation using the fiberoptic bronchoscope is the gold standard in morbid obese patients. It needs special skills and high training. The disposable Airtraq TM laryngoscope had been used for difficult intubation. It can have some advantages compared to the fiberoptic bronchoscope during awake orotracheal intubation. Methods: In this study, 60 morbid obese patients were randomly assigned to be intubated awake with either the fiberoptic bronchoscope(30 patients)
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treatments performed. Specifically, vital signs measure the body's most basic functions. The four main vital signs routinely monitored by medical professionals and health care providers include the pulse rate, respiration rate (rate of breathing), blood pressure, and the body temperature. The pulse rate is the number of times that your heart beats in one minute. As the heart pushes blood through the arteries, the arteries expand and contract with the flow of the blood. A healthy pulse rate for adults
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peer pressure students feel from their peers is more harmful then helpful. High school and college students are within the age group that they get influenced really easily. Students are tempted to try several new things such as, smoke and do drugs. A student is not stubborn enough to not be able to accept new things. Earning good grades is an exercise that students have been practicing and forced to do since elementary. To pass a class, a student is pressured to get good grades. Peer pressure can
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Hypernatremia and Hyponatremia Hypernatremia is a type of electrolyte disorder that occurs when there is increased serum sodium of 145meq/L or higher due to sodium retention. Oversecretion of aldosterone, adrenocorticotropic, contributes to the hypernatremia, the increased sodium concentration affects the respiratory system, the kidney, and the gastrointestinal system (Huether, & McCance, 2013). The thirst receptors in the hypothalamus is stimulated due to the water imbalance, which is hard to correct
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Robert was seen today as ongoing investigation of his productive cough. Very pleasingly the productive cough completely cleared up prior to today. The only treatment that we implemented was some Nasonex, so the question remains whether or not the productive cough cleared up with the passage of time in the setting of a possible left lower lobe infection, or whether or not post-nasal drip was contributing. With regards to tests, unfortunately Robert has not got around to having his CT scan of
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lives and get involve in different things, based on what they see happening around them. With that being said, there are many environmental features that can convince them to use and abuse alcohol. Two environmental aspects are, peer pressure and binge drinking. Peer pressure is when a person of the same age group influences you to do something that you are hesitant about. Teenagers of today’s society enjoys partying and having fun. Unfortunately, consuming alcohol beverages is the way for them to have
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diastolic pressures is called pulse pressure. Healthy young adult at rest, systolic pressure is about 120 mm Hg, and diastolic pressure is about 80 mm Hg and the pulse pressure is approximately 40 mm Hg. Two major factors effect pulse pressure, stroke volume of the heart and vascular compliance. When stroke volume decreases, pulse pressure also decreases. When stroke volume increases, pulse pressure increases. During exercise the stroke volume increases and that makes the pulse pressure also increases
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(Saedi & Ganesan, 2013). Symptoms: The patient is experiencing variation of menstrual flow between periods, she is frequently urinating (polyuria) and has excessive thirst (polydipsia). Diagnostics: - 138/88 blood pressure The patient’s blood pressure is above normal. A normal blood pressure reading is 120/80 or below (Fox, 2015, p.503). - BMI of 29 The patient’s body mass index is above normal. A normal, healthy body mass index range is 18.5-24.9 kg/.
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Hypertension and Asian Indian Americans Hypertension is the precursor to many other degenerative diseases. Chronic high blood pressure leads to higher risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke. It can also make diseases such as diabetes and renal disease much worse. Hypertension is common across all population groups with around a third of the general population developing the condition. Ethnic minorities in the United States have more prevalence of hypertension than their non-Hispanic Caucasian
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Claim: Renshaw believes that altitude has an impact on our brain chemistry, specifically that it changes the levels of serotonin and dopamine, two key chemicals in the brain that help regulate our feelings of happiness. Reason: But Renshaw thinks he's identified a more likely cause for the Utah blues: altitude. Evidence: • In a 2010 study published in High Altitude Medicine and Biology, the Case Western group analyzed suicide rates across 2,584 counties in 16 states and found that suicides start
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