Anticholinergic

Chlorpromazine (CPZ) is an antipsychotic drug. Antipsychotics are drugs that are utilized to regard side effects of psychosis, for example, daydreams (for instance, hearing voices), visualizations, neurosis, or befuddled considerations. They are utilized as a part of the treatment of schizophrenia, extreme gloom and serious tension. Antipsychotics are additionally helpful at settling scenes of madness in individuals with Bipolar Disorder. Chlorpromazine is utilized for Schizophrenia and…

This paper explores a case study about a patient namely Ms.V. She is a 35 year old underweight White American, who had recurrent respiratory infection, MsV has been admitted to the hospital Due to her symptoms; after a biopsy she has been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. This paper Discusses the etiology as well as medications for low potassium, ulcerative colitis Also, Alternative medicine as well as patient’s education are included. (1) Imbalanced nutrition less than body requirement…

adverse reactions consist of hyperkalemia, abdominal pain, and gastrointestinal bleeding or obstruction. Contraindications include hypersensitivity to any component of the formulation of the drug. Major drug interactions are with ACE inhibitors, anticholinergic agents, and heparin. There are no pregnancy or nursing considerations with potassium…

A “Request for Medical Evaluation” form will need to be filled out by the Clinician, signed by an Instructor, and faxed over to the attending physician to determine antibiotic to be administered, bleeding precautions, before any treatment may be rendered. (See Prophylactic Antibiotic Regimen before Dental Treatment, Table 1) Physician needs to address any health concerns of the patient and any interactions of drugs. (Little, page 362) Drugs that cause toxicity to the liver should be avoided,…

Nursing Diagnoses When dealing with schizophrenia there are so many nursing diagnoses to work with, beginning with self- harm acts and going to inability to thrive socially, mentally, and physically. The first diagnoses, is ineffective coping. Defined by NANDA-I as the inability to form a valid appraisal of the stressors, inadequate choices of practiced responses, and/or inability to use available resources, defining characteristics such as destructive behavior toward self, difficulty…

to diagnose a person with schizophrenia a psychological assessment must be done. The definitive diagnosis for schizophrenia relies on the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fifth edition (DSM-V). To be diagnosed with schizophrenia a person must have two or more of the following symptoms over six months: hallucination, delusion, disorganized speech, bizarre behavior, inattention, impaired memory, poor problem-solving, poor decision-making, illogical thinking, impaired…

C.M an 85 year old male came to the hospital presenting with short of breath, cough, increased respiratory effort, and wheezing. He was diagnosed with Pneumonia. C.M is a former smoker. He smoked a half a pack of cigarettes for 25 years. When smoking, the toxins breathed in irritate the respiratory system causing inflammation. Smoking for 25 years probably contributed to chronic bronchitis. C.M had a cough. The cough could have been from the chronic bronchitis. The bronchial mucus gland…

Parkinson’s Disease “Parkinson 's disease is the most common serious movement disorder in the world, affecting about 1% of adults older than 60 years” (Samii, Nutt, and Ransom). Parkinson’s disease is not common to younger aged people. This disease does not affect one ethnic or racial group in particularly. Parkinson’s disease can occur in any race or nationality; however, men are more likely to develop this disease rather than women. Parkinson’s can date back to “1817 when James Parkinson…

Asthma Pathophysiology, Treatment & Management Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition that may require several hospitalizations a year for those who neglect to maintain their prescribed treatments or who are exposed to an antigen that starts the inflammation process. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the pathophysiology of chronic and acute asthma, the medications used to treat this disease, and develop a medication adherence plan for the child and adult who suffers from this condition…

There are currently 46.8 million people worldwide who have dementia. This number is likely to double every 20 years, to 74.7 million people in the year 2030, and 131.5 million people in the year 2050. (Alzheimer’s Disease International & World Alzheimer’s Report, 2015). There are more than 9.9 million new reported occurrences of dementia in the word, making this one new person every 3.2 seconds. (World Alzheimer Report, 2015). In the United States the fifth leading cause of death in people over…