indigent population can help clinicians identify where interventions are needed from a patient perspective to improve quality of care and reduce cost for acute care (Greysen et al.,…
I. INTRODUCTION: Clopidogrel is one of the major drugs used in the treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome. Along with Aspirin it is the standard of care in Percutaneous Coronary Interventions with stenting, when a long term dual antiplatelet treatment is needed. However the response to clopidogrel shows wide inter-individual variations. Various studies have shown that the polymorphisms in the genes responsible for Clopidogrel absorption and metabolism are a major factor for these variations.…
emotional stress, exposure to heat or cold and infection. Pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzaevaccines are less effective in splenectomized individuals. So, subjects with sickle cell disorder must be vaccinated early in life. The management of an acute painful crisis includes- • vigorous hydration, • assessment for underlying causes • effective analgesia administered either by a standing order and/or patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump. 1) Morphine (0.1–0.15 mg/kg every 3–4 h)…
Patients are to treat it like a normal sickness, and are told to rest, and take in a lot of fluids and food. Acute HBV will last 1-6 months. Chronic HBV however is harder to treat. There is no cure, but doctors will try to prevent the damage of the liver. People who are at risk for serious liver damage can be given antiviral medications, such as Epivir, Hepsera…
laboratories in the world (ANGELESCU, BERBEC, COLITA, BARBU, & LUPU, 2012). 2. Useful for diagnosing initial leukemia cases or when there are less methods available to aid in diagnosing if one is in a resource limited area (Bain & Estcourt, 2013) 3. Acute lymphoid and…
Acute treatment consists of medicines to relieve the headache when it is occurring. It includes pain reliever medicines like aspirin, paracetamol and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen, diclofenac and naproxen. These medicines if used alone…
This is the most common infection disease in the world more than 300 million people have the disease (Hepatitis). This disease can either be acute or chronic. Acute does not require specific treatment but chronic hepatitis is treated with antiviral medications (Healthline). The people that have the disease are at an increased risk of getting cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer. These are two serious…
symptoms that a person can present with during the initial infection of HIV, however the symptoms are so miscellaneous that patients often mistake symptoms for other viral infections or bodily stress. It is important that providers keep in mind that acute HIV infection can often present much like a mononucleosis…
High altitude balloonists were amongst the first to clearly describe the effects of acute hypoxia. These effects were attributed to the low barometric pressure and low partial pressure of oxygen (hypobaric hypoxia).\cite{JohnBWest:2009wj} Barcroft classified hypoxia into 3 sub-categories: anoxic type (hypobaric hypoxia), anaemic type (inability…
chronic illness, such as diabetes, wounds heal slower and have the possibility to progress from acute inflammation to chronic inflammation. Mr. Jones’ diabetes causes increased serum glucose levels, vascular changes that lead to microcirculation and glycosylated hemoglobin, causing tissue ischemia (peripheral vascular disease (PVD), neuropathy) related to decreased oxygen release to tissue. During an acute inflammation, insulin needs are increased and Mr. Jones’ wound becomes more compromised.…