Clinical Case #2- Thea Ride Mikaela Breadner - 0876341 1. Hyperthyroidism An increase in thyroid hormones that causes an increase in metabolism throughout the body. This disorder is able to explain all of Thea’s signs and symptoms and more information is available on the following pages. 2. Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes is a disease that occurs when the pancreas does not secrete enough insulin to convert glucose to energy or it can also occur when the body no longer responds to a release of insulin
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AP2 Dr. Halstead Unit 8 case studies Tricia Kanipe The Case of the Man with the Swollen Kidneys Mr. Newman is a 49 year old male who has hematuria, fever and severe flank pain. He also has bilateral lumbar tenderness, bilateral renal enlargement, liver enlargement, ankle and facial edema, skin pallor, and lung sounds suggest pulmonary edema. His vital signs are as follows: BP 172/100, heart rate 92 beats per minute, and a temperature of 102.2 F. There have been some labs done. His red blood
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Behavioral Psychiatric Assessments I would like for you to consider the behavioral health issues you have dealt with in your clinical settings up until now, and submit to the objectives assignment link 2 objectives you have set for yourself to improve your interaction with patients with behavioral health problems. And, how you plan to meet them. The behavioral health issues I dealt with this semester include: anxiety, depression, dementia, smoking cessation, and insomnia. The goal during the
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Patient Name: Sxxxxx Pxxxx Age: 35 Sex: MaleDOB: xx/xx/1978 CC: Mr. “SP” presents complaining of “frequent urination” and “feeling thirsty all the time”. HPI: Patient is a 35-year-old male with history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Patient recalls that symptoms became worst about a week ago. He noticed that he needed to take more breaks at work to use the restroom, from three to four times in his eight-hour shift to almost every hour frequency. Denies burning, hesitance, or pain
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Human sexuality final study guide--------------------------Dylan Nguyen Please feel free to pass to you friends if it could help. Chapter 9--- Birth Zygote: upon successful fertilization, the DNA of the man’s sperm and the woman’s ovum join together, and a new organism, combining the genetic material of both, is created. Within hours, this organism, now called the ZYGOTE (P336)-A fertilized ovum (or egg) moving down the fallopian tube. Then it divided into 2-4-8 and so on, travel down the fallopian
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Health Record Number: 822999 Diagnosis: Congestive heart failure (CHF), Left pleural effusion, pneumonia Related History: The patient has a history of atrial fibrillation, severe regurgitation from the tricuspid and mitral valve dysfunction. Physical Findings: The patient had a difficult fundoscopic exam, with a heart rate of 104, with an irregular gallop, crackles in left lower lobe, right side is dull, red sacral area, 3+ pitting edema to
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Cath Lab Introduction Today I had the opportunity of observing in the cath lab at The term cath lab or cardiac catheterization laboratory refers to an examination room in a hospital or medical facility, in which diagnostic imaging equipment is used to view the arteries of the heat and its chambers. A cath lab is a highly sterile room, everyone has to wear, caps, gowns, mask and gloves during a procedure. Education of Cath lab nurse In order to perform the role of a cath lab
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Case #1: Jim and Jane Magnolia have tried for years to conceive a child, with no success. So instead, they have decided to adopt a child. They have found a beautiful little girl named Emma who has been given up by her mother. The child, only two weeks old, was born at the mother’s home and has not received any medical attention beyond that given by EMS during the birth. 1. Should the parents be particularly concerned with Emma’s lack of medical attention? Yes, the child has only been seen by local
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Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz Procedure is one of the two primary surgeries to treat stress incontinence. The other procedure is retropubic urethropexy or Burch procedure. The difference between these two procedures is that the Burch procedure uses sutures to attach the urethra and bladder to muscle tissue in the pelvic area. The Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz procedure uses sutures to attach these organs to the pelvic cartilage. The Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz procedure is performed to reinforce the
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Have you ever thought that your body would turn against you? The hypochondriac is actually correct for once thinking that they have a serious disease. Lupus is commonly misdiagnosed as signs and symptoms of other illnesses. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that is unpreventable, incurable and affects many people worldwide every year. Antibodies attack healthy cells opens the opportunity for infection, causing strain on the body which causes the body to show signs and symptoms trying to correct the
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