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The patient's satisfaction criteria were better in group I than group II (Table 6). The incidences of postoperative side effects were higher in group II than group I as regards to coughing/laryngospasm, sore throat, nausea and vomiting and shivering (Table 8). Features Group I (N=50) Group II (N=50) P value Pain relief [n (%)] 48 (96%) 46 (92%) 0.042 Comfort [n (%)] 48 (96%) 46 (92%) 0.03 Overall satisfaction [n (%)] 48(96%) 46 (92%) 0.04 Accept the same anesthesia 48 (96%) 46(92%) 0.02 Table 6:…

Sallie Mae Fisher is a recently widowed, depressed, 82-year-old-female with congestive heart failure (CHF), atrial fibrillation, and hypertension. She has been hospitalized four times for CHF exacerbation. With limited family support, and a long list of medications, she is having difficulty managing her CHF. During a home health visit, the nurse and nursing student assess Sallie Mae and identify several concerns. This essay will define and prioritize those concerns, and list four interventions…

INTRODUCTION Two significantly important highly pathogenic infection diseases namely Legionellosis and Influenza remains even today a threat to global health. They can cause severe community-acquired pneumonia with respiratory failure but they can also generate hospital-acquired infections.1 Moreover Legionella infection could attribute to influenza infection. The cause of influenza was definitively resolved back in 1930s with the isolation of swine influenza; a virus which when administered…

The purpose of this experiment is to investigate the heart rate through the dive reflex Homeostasis is the body’s ability to maintain and balance its normal body function in varying conditions. The autonomic nervous system relates to the peripheral nervous system. Its objective is to sustain homeostasis of the visceral organs. In this investigation we will observe the mammalian diving reflex, which implicates the autonomic nervous system. In mammals, immersing the face in water initiates…

Symptoms may include: A bulging fontanelle (soft-spot) Bradycardia (an abnormally slow heartbeat) Convulsions Apnea (sleep disorder causing individuals to stop breathing repeatedly) Shock Lethargy (fatigue) Irritability (excessive crying) Obtundation (a decreased consciousness level)…

What is kangaroo care? Kangaroo care is defined as skin to skin contact where baby is placed on their parent’s bare chest in nothing but a diaper, and both parent and baby are covered with a blanket. We have been taught that skin to skin contact of mother and baby is essential for “parent to infant attachment/bonding,” especially directly after birth. It can help facilitate the baby’s first experience with breastfeeding (thus providing the baby with nutrient rich colostrum in the first milk),…

When a person is infected with a bacterial infection and has a fever, it is said that peripheral chemoreceptors are able to help the body cope with the increased metabolic rate that has been caused by the fever. So the question is how do peripheral chemoreceptors help to decrease the metabolic rate? Well, Bacterial infections can be caused by many different strains of bacteria. Each strain has its own set of symptoms associated with it. Some common symptoms are fever, chills, fatigue, loss of…

Employment is a major element of QOL because it affects many other important elements in QOL. Taylor’s unemployment may cause life style consequences such as financial hardship, inadequate recreational opportunities and loss of independence and also found difficulty in maintaining social relationship. Cognitive and communicative impairments after TBI are often common. Cognitive disturbances may disrupt number of elements of cognition including memory, orientation and attention and functioning.…

risks are not as beneficial as the therapeutic effects of the drug. Special precautions should be made if were to suffer from or develop any of the following conditions: cardiogenic shock, sever sinus node dysfunction, 2nd and 3rd AV block, or bradycardia. (Nursing…

• Low energy. • Frequent infections. • A heart rate that is too fast (tachycardia) or too slow (bradycardia). • Fluid buildup in your belly or legs (edema). • Shortness of breath, especially with exercise. WHAT COMPLICATIONS AM I AT RISK FOR IF I WAS BORN WITH A SINGLE VENTRICLE DEFECT? You may be at risk for some problems that often affect adults…