Acute

Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common diagnosis throughout the world. In the US it affects approximately 1 in 1000 people and ranks as the 3rd most common cause of death in hospitalized patients. More than 80% of PEs are associated with DVTs in hospitalized patients with risk factors being recent trauma, surgery, immobility or obesity. While it can be entirely asymptomatic, nearly 25% of patients are thought to experience sudden death as their only manifestation of disease.1 Because of this…

In the kitchen. In the bathroom. Possibly in a loved one’s bedroom. Products that have been tested on animals can be seen everywhere. These products can range anywhere from cosmetics to drugs to cleaning supplies. Companies involved with animal testing include Johnson & Johnson, Iams Pet Food, Kimberly-Clark with Kleenex, Mars Candy, and Trojan Condoms (8 Products). With individuals becoming more aware of the issue, the conditions in which these animals are kept and the treatment these animals…

Acute Pancreatitis Clinical Presentation Clinical presentation can be classified into three main categories. The categories include the patients’ major complaints, which are those signs and symptoms which are easily identifiable, finding based on physical examinations as well as those that manifest themselves as a result of complications. The clinical presentation of the disease tends to be dependent on the severity of the inflammation occurring in the pancreas as well as the possibility of…

Although medicine has significantly advanced, migraines still remain difficult to treat. Typically, migraines are treated using two approaches; acute/abortive and preventative care. Abortive treatment is indicated during a migraine attack and is targeted to stop symptoms by constricting blood vessels and blocking pain pathways in the brain.36 These medications are known as triptans and target the chemical serotonin. Not only are fluctuating serotonin levels linked to causing migraines, but they…

I have spent my fifteen year nursing career providing bedside care to patients in acute care settings. Over the years I have grown, and at times felt frustration, in the knowledge that many acute situations could have been avoided with better access to primary care treatment and management of chronic conditions. It is my hope that there will be an expansion of the health care system that would allow the public greater access to more thorough preventative care. An increase in the numbers of mid…

of your body and extremities? A stroke is an acute neurological deficit when cerebral vessel becomes obstructed (atherosclerosis) or a cerebral vessel rupture (Physical, 2008). There are four types of migraine associated with strokes namely; migrainous infarct, migraine like headache due to blood, cardiac or vascular disorder, migraines triggered by stroke and lastly migraine as a risk factor for stroke (Brashers, 2006). Clinical manifestations of acute stroke are unilateral paralysis, one side…

Patient safety concerns in the acute care setting is an increasing focus of research. Increasing patient safety has become the golden standard. Such events as patient falls, and patient elopements may be reduced by the implementation of purposeful rounding process, while increasing patient satisfaction. Personal Practice Environment In the acute care setting, such as the emergency department and the medical-surgical unit, patient acuity varies, but the need to provide a safe care setting…

blood, but no other symptoms are present. Asymptomatic gout doesn’t require treatment typically. The second stage is known as acute gout, this is where intense pain and inflammation occurs in the joints. Acute gout attacks can come on in the space of a few hours and last up to a week. The third stage is called Interval gout, which is the time in between acute gout attacks where no symptoms are present and the joint has returned to a normal state. The fourth and final stage…

Lower tract acute respiration infections (LT-ARI) has been estimated to cause 75% of all acute illnesses and are said to affect infants and young children worldwide. New respiratory viruses such as: human metapneumovirus (hMPV), new subtypes of human coronaviruses (hCoV), and bocavirus (hBoV), have been linked to LT-ARI. A common factor that affect LT-ARI studied in this experiment is age, although the prevalence is truly unknown. A study was conducted to aim an estimate prevalence of viral…

The acute inflammatory response can be stimulated by an infection, tissue necrosis, foreign bodies, or immune reactions. The stimulus is recognized by receptors on the surface phagocytes, dendritic cells, and epithelial cells. The two types of the receptors are the toll like receptors and the inflammasomes. The toll like receptors recognize bacterial and virus DNA and endotoxins and in response produce inflammatory mediators. The inflammasome recognizes microbial or dead cell products or…