Interrelated Concepts With Perfusion

Interrelated Concepts: The interrelated concepts with perfusion are pain, clotting, inflammation, patient education, nutrition, mobility, gas exchange, elimination, and cognition. Perfusion affects all the systems in the body, because when tissues and organs do not get perfused properly they do not function the way they are supposed to. The first concept is pain, decreased oxygen flow to tissues can cause pain, which is what can happen with anemia because there is a decreased ability to carry oxygen. Pain is also possible with babies that are affected by Rh incompatibility because of the severe anemia and the hepatosplenomegaly. With pain, typically clotting is associated because perfusion can definitely be affected by clots. Clotting …show more content…
The kidneys can be a direct indication on how well the heart if functioning because of how hard they have to work. If the body needs more oxygen, then the kidneys produce the hormone EPO which triggers the bone marrow to produce red blood cells. If the kidneys constantly have to do this then it will damage the kidneys ultimately resulting in reduced kidney function, which affects elimination. When it comes to nutrition and patient education, the two topics go together because educating patients on what foods to eat and how to eat them is a part of both. With patients who have anemia it is important to teach them about nutrition, they should be consuming foods high in iron and making sure if they are taking iron supplements that they take it on an empty stomach or take it with vitamin C rich foods and to avoid …show more content…
With the pediatric lifespan it is more of the genetic abnormally or birth defects that affect perfusion. With the congenital heart defects perfusion is affected because oxygenated blood and deoxygenated blood can get switched or the blood may not be able to get out of the heart because of certain defects. When the heart itself is affected then the entire body suffers, for the kids with these heart defects they have to get surgery early on or their bodies can