Patient 1 – Cardiovascular A fifty-six year old male was checked into the ER with severe angina (pain in the chest that makes it difficult to breathe caused by poor blood flow to the myocardium) (the middle and thickest layer of the heart wall, composed of the cardiac muscle) (Miller, 2003). Upon checking his vitals the patient is noted to have an arrhythmia (when the speed or rhythm the heart is beating is not normal), while also suffering from tachycardia (when the heart beats exceeding fast, up to two hundred beats per minute in an adult). Consequently, review of his medical record shows consistent struggles with alcoholism and drug use has led to cardiomyopathy (when cardiac function is compromised due to disease or weakening of the
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On top of this he will receive cardioversion (a defibrillation technique using low energy shocks to treat an arrhythmia, and is usually synchronized with large R waves of the ECG complex to restore heart rhythm) (Gylys, 2003), and automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD) insertion (placement of a battery-powered mechanism designed to oversee and automatically correct ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation in patients at risk of heart failure) in order to prevent the need for open heart surgery (surgery done on or in an exposed heart ) (Gylys, …show more content…
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary. (2012). Retrieved November 27 2015 from http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/myocarditis
2. Gylys, Barbara A., and Mary Ellen Wedding. Medical Terminology Systems, 7th Edition. F.A. Davis Company, 2013. Retrieved from https://digitalbookshelf.southuniversity.edu/#/books/1259115968/cfi/18
3. Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. (2003). Retrieved November 27 2015 from http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/myocardium
Patient 2 – Integumentary A fifteen year old male patient claims to be suffering with xeroderma (dry skin) (Gylys, 2003) and pruritus (profound itching) following a period of physical activity. The patient admits to waiting until the next morning to hygiene after hyperhidrosis (heavy sweating) during a football game. The discomfort in his epidermis (upper layer of the skin) may be due to dermatomycosis (a fungal infection of the skin) (Gylys, 2003) associated with tinea (ringworm). I have noted some mild hidradenitis (inflammation in the sweat glands) (Gylys, 2003) in both underarms, accompanied by subungual (underneath the finger or toe nails) discoloration in his hands and feet. The patient is currently taking oral and topical medication to treat pediculosis (head lice) and acne (a common skin disease characterized by pimples on the face, chest and back) (Gale,
On top of this he will receive cardioversion (a defibrillation technique using low energy shocks to treat an arrhythmia, and is usually synchronized with large R waves of the ECG complex to restore heart rhythm) (Gylys, 2003), and automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD) insertion (placement of a battery-powered mechanism designed to oversee and automatically correct ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation in patients at risk of heart failure) in order to prevent the need for open heart surgery (surgery done on or in an exposed heart ) (Gylys, …show more content…
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary. (2012). Retrieved November 27 2015 from http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/myocarditis
2. Gylys, Barbara A., and Mary Ellen Wedding. Medical Terminology Systems, 7th Edition. F.A. Davis Company, 2013. Retrieved from https://digitalbookshelf.southuniversity.edu/#/books/1259115968/cfi/18
3. Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. (2003). Retrieved November 27 2015 from http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/myocardium
Patient 2 – Integumentary A fifteen year old male patient claims to be suffering with xeroderma (dry skin) (Gylys, 2003) and pruritus (profound itching) following a period of physical activity. The patient admits to waiting until the next morning to hygiene after hyperhidrosis (heavy sweating) during a football game. The discomfort in his epidermis (upper layer of the skin) may be due to dermatomycosis (a fungal infection of the skin) (Gylys, 2003) associated with tinea (ringworm). I have noted some mild hidradenitis (inflammation in the sweat glands) (Gylys, 2003) in both underarms, accompanied by subungual (underneath the finger or toe nails) discoloration in his hands and feet. The patient is currently taking oral and topical medication to treat pediculosis (head lice) and acne (a common skin disease characterized by pimples on the face, chest and back) (Gale,