Kyle McEwin suffered from GERD (ACID REFLUX) many years. It got so worse that he couldn’t swallow and had to visit the emergency room many times. He had enough and visited Randal Macurak, MD where the doctor did a swallow test and a endoscopy. It’s a treatment used for people affected by GERD and involves a light and camera to check the esophagus and stomach. The endoscopy revealed the endoscopy was shut and the doctor prescribed medicine.…
EE stated that she is currently suffering from chest pains. EE stated that the symptoms are a result of Gerd. EE stated that the symptoms began on 07/18/2017. While at EE stated that first she felt nausea and dizzy, and then later she complain of shortness of breath. EE did notify her supervisor, who instructed EE to go the Flint Stamping PMD.…
CC Sore throat and congestion. Lesion on left toe. Puncture wound. Poison ivy.…
With this doctor visit, the doctor will do a complete medical history, physical examination, and laboratory evaluation in order to confirm her diagnosis to start her on a…
Then, bloody mucus comes with chest pain! No, this is not right. She waits as the pain subsides. Will this pass…what to do? Her daughter comes in and she explains.…
Leslie Patton is a 74 year old retired musician. She lives on her own in an apartment in Harlem. She has no children and never married. Due to many years of playing the piano, she was diagnosed with Osteoarthritis about 10 years ago. As she continues to age, the joint pain and its effects have been worse.…
The patient is a 56 year old Bangladesh male came by ambulance due to sudden onset of shortness of breath at 3 o’clock in the morning when he woke up to go to the washroom. The patient also has chest pain, nausea and vomiting, fever and worsening orthopnea The patient is having dementia, hypertension and ESRF stage 4. However, patient reused HD and was under nephro clinic, but planned for palliative management. The patient had been admitted to the hospital due to the same presenting complaint for several times.…
Swallowed Foreign Body, Adult You have swallowed an object (foreign body). Once the foreign body has passed through the food tube (esophagus), which leads from the mouth to the stomach, it will usually continue through the body without problems. This is because the point where the esophagus enters into the stomach is the narrowest place through which the foreign body must pass.…
Introduction Perfusion is a very important aspect to the human body. Perfusion is defined as the flow of blood through arteries and capillaries that deliver oxygen and nutrients to the cells and removing cellular waste from the body (Giddens, 2013, p. 148). For us to maintain optimal perfusion, we need are heart to generate sufficient cardiac output. This means transporting the blood through patent blood vessels to supply the tissues throughout the body. Impaired perfusion may occur when the blood supply is reduced or completely interrupted (Giddens, 2013, p. 148).…
Medical Ethical Paper. Physician Assisted Suicide. For me as a future nurse, it is very important to care for and maintain the health of people. It is my responsibility to do it well, and to protect the highest values that are the life, health, and rights of the people in my care.…
Identify the most pertinent nutrition problems and corresponding nutrition diagnoses and write at least two PES statements for them. • Malnutrition r/t decreased appetite, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain secondary to diagnosis of gastroparesis aeb reported weight loss of 40 lbs over the previous year. • Inadequate energy intake r/t symptoms associated with gastroparesis diagnosis aeb 24 hour food recall 12. Determine the appropriate intervention for each nutrition diagnosis. • Inadequate energy intake a. Provide basic education and counseling on increasing total energy intake and having patient be able to identify foods that can be included in usual diet to help increase daily caloric intake.…
Incorrect nasogastric tube placement is becoming a major problem in healthcare. This is evident due to about 1.9% of feeding tubes are misplaced (Sparks et al, 2011) and commonly leads to pneumothorax in one in five people and death in one in thirty-nine. (Taylor, 2014). These errors directly affect the patient causing him or her to accrue a larger bill and longer hospital stay. Neither of which is good.…
Today was the first day I’ve actually got to do something chairside with Dr. Pabst, but the only reason was because the dental assistant was out with her set of twins with the flu. See Dr. Pabst is the type of dentist where he likes it his way or no way at all. His dental assistant is his dental assistant and he doesn’t want to switch up (his words.) Anyways, to start out the day I started out with a composite procedure nervous as heck. I knew what I was doing, but I didn’t learn the way he does his composite procedures so at first it was difficult for me to understand.…
“Foreign bodies (FBs) in the digestive tract are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in pediatric age group, and pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges” (Singh, Dubey, Pandey, Kumar, Sharma & Annavi, 2014, p. 463). Foreign body blockages effect more children in their first 6 years of life with an increase of occurrences in children age 1 to 3 years old. A study was completed between April 2009 and March 2013 on how foreign bodies effect the digestive tract over a period of time. Methods to obtain the data were collected by using case records of patients including age, gender, type of foreign body and treatment necessary. A total of 97 patients with foreign bodies were studied with varying location of blockage.…
This could be a safety concern for Mildred because she had a stroke and needs to be seen right away. When the nurse brings Mildred to have surgery, she is not marked, there is no drip, and she is not catheterized. They do not have her ready to be operated on. The ward did not know she was allergic to wheat or had celiac disease until he had talked to Mildred’s daughter. The ward should have all of the updated information about the patient to have available.…