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Microbiology Case Study: Toxic Shock Syndrome I. Background AH, a 12-year-old Caucasian female, escorted by her 32-year-old mother to the local hospital’s emergency department early one morning. AH’s mother noted that within the past 3 hours AH has shown a variety of symptoms. These symptoms include: fever of 102ᵒ Fahrenheit, chills, aggressive vomiting, diarrhea, and an intense red rash of the palms and soles of her feet. AH also added that she has a sore throat, headache, muscle aches, and…

patch on his right eye to try to strengthen his left eye but he was not compliant with the order. Other treatment has not yet been decided. The patient’s labs were within normal limits except for his hemoglobin and sodium, which was low, and his creatinine, glucose, and prothrombin time which was high. I had all normal findings during the patient’s physical assessment, and he denied any double vision at that time. I also performed a neuro check in which he scored zero, and those were being…

Case Management High-risk pregnant women should receive case management services. Case managers are expected to closely monitor the pregnancy through regular contact with the physician and patient to promote a healthy birth outcome also ensuring that no elective deliveries are performed before 39 weeks of gestation by agreement with all professional providers, and Decreasing the cesarean section rate among multi women, Case manager in ob., can review a client's progress, consider successes and…

Mr. ABC came in to the emergency department (ED) with a chief complaint of left sided chest pain with giddiness and associated with diaphoresis the same morning. While in the ED, he developed a sudden episode of shortness of breath. Mr. ABC has nil past medical or surgical history and has an allergy to Enalapril. His parameters taken are as follows: • Blood pressure: 112 /60 mmHg • Pulse rate: 42 beats/min • Temperature: 35.9°C • Spo2: 97% on room air • Respiration rate: 17 breaths/min An…

Medical Surgical Nursing II: Sickle Cell Anemia-Case Study The following case study is about sickle cell anemia. This disease process is more common in those of African-American decent and simplified means that a patient’s blood cells are abnormally shaped which causes different manifestations as well as complications. There is no cure for sickle cell anemia/disease, but it is treatable. A potential complication is acute kidney injury (AKI), as mentioned in this case study as well. AKI is a…

diagnosis [46, 48]. However, some studies also analyzed clinical, serological, and immunological data [46] or employed genotyping [47]. Risk factors for LN development or progression of diagnosed instabilities identified were: hypertension, higher creatinine, proliferative nephritis, and decreased GFR [46, 48], as well as genetic, environmental, and socioeconomic…

Chronic Kidney Disease is also known as Chronic Kidney Failure. This diagnosis describes a set of renal-degenerative symptoms and stages that eventually lead to dialysis, kidney transplant, and/or death. What makes chronic kidney disease so dangerous is its innocuity. Its early symptoms are often nonspecific and can appear to be from other illnesses. Usually, by the time the kidney damage is noticed due to loss of function, it is irreversible. Due to advancing medical technology, improved…

An increase in creatinine, bun and lactic acid levels, complete blood count was all unremarkable with exception of an increase in the white blood cell count. Urinalysis reveals presence of leukocytes estrace, nitrates, bacteria, and the presence of white and red blood cells…

Acute renal failure can be caused by several different conditions, however, the causes are often categorized as prerenal, intrinsic, and postrenal. Prerenal causes are characterized by a marked decrease in blood flow to the kidneys, while intrinsic causes are attributed to physical damage within the kidney, and postrenal cause an obstruction in fluid flow from the kidneys through the ureters, bladder, or even urethra. Some different prerenal causes include hypovolemia as a result of hemorrhage,…

eclampsia presenting remote from term 32 to 34 weeks gestation, elective or emergency caesarian section is a safe alternative to induction of labour when the patient is not in labour . • Complete blood picture, Liver function tests, serum creatinine and ultra sound are the specific investigations to be done. • A pre anaesthetic…