History number: 2 Name of the patient: Rommel Francisco Preceptor: Dr. Ligon Informant: Patient Date of Interview: July 25, 2011 Historian: Raymond Ceneta Date Submitted: August 1, 2011 Reliability: 100% Group number: 13 General Data: Rommel Francisco married with 3 children, 52 years of age, a Filipino and Iglesia ni Cristo, pedicab driver. He is currently residing at Karuhatan Valenzuela City. He was born on January 12, 1957 in Manila near Fabella Hospital. He had his forth
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15 Diseases Article Review In the respiratory system a disease that can occur is bronchitis. Bronchitis is swelling and irritation of the main air passages to the lungs. This swelling narrows the airways, making it harder to breathe and causing other symptoms, such as a cough. Acute bronchitis means the symptoms have only been present for a short time. Chronic bronchitis is a long term condition; to be diagnosed with chronic bronchitis, you must have a cough with mucus most days of the month for
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Intensive Care Unit Assignment By, Barkha Bijlani MBA-HHM (2012-14) 12040141007 Intensive Care Unit Introduction: Timely and efficient management by doctors combined with concerted nursing efforts have revolutionized the management of critically ill patients. With the persistent demographic trend towards an aging population nearing the age of 65 and above, the number of patients requiring critical care will rise but many patients who might have had no chance of survival can now be treated
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1994). Each year billions of dollars is spent on technology that will innovate our health care system. The federal government is also planning to spend up to $29 billion in incentives to encourage hospitals and doctors’ offices to digitize health care records (Lee, 2013). This goes to show that as the years pass our health care system will be completely revolutionized and most of the health care system will be digital. The technology that was been created for home care has made it safe for clinicians
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sociological, cultural and spiritual capabilities by preventive, curative and rehabilitative interventions. Illnesses and injuries commonly seen in patients on critical care units (CCUs) Gunshot wounds Traumatic injuries Cardiovascular disorders Surgeries Respiratory disorders Shock THE EVOLUTION OF CRITICAL CARE * Forty years of development in critical care and critical care nursing has given rise to a recognized specialty in nursing practice . * Critical care units have evolved
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of the mother (highest incidence is in mothers younger than age 20) 9. Order of birth (early termination is highest in first pregnancies and in those beyond 4th pregnancies) 10. Closed spaced pregnancies 11. Abnormalities of mother’s reproductive system, such as intrauterine septum 12. Infections (especially UTI) 13. Obstetric complications (PROM, premature separation of placenta 14. Early induction of labor 15. Elective cesarean birth ASSESSMENT A. History – detailed pregnancy history will reveal
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during World War II, but was never used on the battlefield (http://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/arsine/facts.asp). Certain industrial processes that exposed workers to arsine, accidentally, were battery manufacture companies. Most industries had a color system that was used to determine if arsine was present in the air, but it was not suitable to identify personal exposures. A current method has been incorporated to trap the gases on a nitrate infused filter and thus analyzed by X-ray fluorescence. This
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become physically addicted to nicotine; they also link smoking with many social activities, making smoking an, extremely difficult addiction to break” (The American Lung Association, 2011). Smoking is also related to many health problems especially respiratory diseases such as lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). They also relate smoking with relaxation and as a stress reliever, but there is nothing positive about this nasty habit. Even though some say smoking helps them to relax
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react sympathetically to the distress of others. It is clear that our brain plays a role in our compassionate trait, but so does the rest of our body. The most fascinating relationship is the one of organs, and cardiovascular and respiratory frameworks known as the autonomic sensory system (ANS). The ANS assumes an essential part in giving the proper blood stream and breath examples to boost various types of activity. When youngsters and grown-ups feel empathy for others, their heart rate goes down
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For the purpose of this essay, the chosen aspect of care for the management of COPD is oxygen therapy, which is the medical intervention for administering oxygen. Oxygen therapy has been found to be beneficial in reducing breathlessness and increasing exercise tolerance (Journal of Community Nursing, (Edwards) 2005). However, the British Thoracic Society (2008) state that oxygen is a treatment for hypoxamia and, not for breathlessness because oxygen has not been shown to have any effect on
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