Analgesic

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experiencing pain in his right hip. Prior to this, Bill maintains an overall healthy lifestyle which includes exercising and activities such as; swimming, water skiing and scuba diving. Bill reports he has had no trauma to his hip. On this visit an analgesic and muscle relaxant were both prescribed to the patient and he was sent home. After three weeks of no improvement Bill has returned to the doctor’s office and has reported increasing pain and stiffness in not only the right hip, but the left…

Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disease in which the red blood cells have a deformed shape, which reduces their effectiveness to transport oxygen to the different parts of the body. Sickle cell anemia is predominantly present in people whose ancestors come from Africa. It is also common in people with Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and Indian Ancestry. The clinical diagnosis for sickle cell anemia is usually only evident in the patients who are heterozygous for the Hemoglobin S allele. The…

FLACC and Pain in pediatric inpatients According to Merriam-Webster, pain is defined as “the physical feeling caused by disease, injury, or something that hurts the body” (“Pain”, 2015). Pain in pediatric (nonverbal??) inpatients is often difficult to assess and manage since the patients are not always cooperative and able to communicate. Pain management in pediatric patients is important because it aids in the healing process and reduces the length of inpatient stays. A review of literature…

prescription painkillers have gone up 118 percent between 1999 and 2011. According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC), there were 22,767 drug overdoses related to pharmaceuticals in 2013 and of those 22,767 overdoes 16,235 involved opioid analgesics, also known as prescription painkillers. As you can see there is a current problem with painkillers, and if medical marijuana can reduce overdoses by twenty-five percent in each state it is a step in the right direction to end the…

Medicine, 2017, p. 504-506). Tight glucose control should be maintained. It is recommended that glucose levels should be under 180 mg/dL (Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2017, p. 514). If the patient is ventilated they should be sedated and given analgesic medication (Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2017, p. 513.) Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis should be initiated to prevent blood clots. It is recommended that a low molecular weight heparin be used along with sequential compression…

The third largest source of medical insurance in the United States is Medicaid. This program makes for affordable health care for those who are unable to support of afford the costs of it. Medicaid covers millions of low income individuals. Since it is a government funded and based program drug screening should be necessary to stop welfare fraud and unnecessary funding for drug abusers. Medicaid is a government program that is established to help low income individuals with receiving health care…

A subject that seems to ruffle everyone’s feathers when it is brought up, is the topic of legalization of marijuana. When people hear of marijuana, they automatically think negatively about it, mostly because it is classified as an illegal drug. There has been a long history with marijuana and the “problems” that it has caused over the years. Starting out as an herb, marijuana slowly became classified, along with all the other more dangerous drugs, under the same category as them. But if people…

Painful procedures and pain management is a common topic when animal welfare is concerned. Why are painful procedures used on livestock? Increased safety for animals and handlers, treatment of injury and disease, production of desired products, and identification are all reasons. Procedures such as castration, tail docking, clipping of needle teeth, and ear notching/tagging have all been recognized as painful procedures in the swine industry. Many people are now asking, “If these procedures are…

Related Treatments The decision to perform surgical treatment to evacuate a chronic subdural hematoma was guided by the clinical presentation of the patient and the radiographic appearance of the lesion (Soleman, Taussky, Fandino, & Muroi, 2014). The patient’s CT scan revealed a hypodense chronic subdural hematoma with a midline shift. She was prepared for immediate surgical evacuation. The three surgical options for chronic SDH include percutaneous twist-drill craniostomy (TDC), operative…