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Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia nervosa is a serious eating disorder that can become fatal. It is characterized by a preoccupation with food to the point of starvation, weight loss, and a disturbance in a person’s body image. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-V) lists diagnostic criteria as the following: “restriction of energy intake relative to requirement, leading to a significantly low body weight”; “intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, or…

Fluid regulation is very vital to homeostasis. If electrolyte levels rise or fall beyond normal limits, many bodily functions will eventually fail to progress at their normal degrees. Maintaining normal pH levels is also important for normal body functioning mainly because small alterations in pH can make up important changes in our metabolism. Electrolytes are minerals which mean that they carry ions and salts in our body that have an electric charge. They can be found in our urine, blood…

I am presenting my paper as a combination medication to treat a poor health of hypertension or known to everyone as a high blood pressure. My bottom line up front (bluf) is a hearty rhythm of my heart beat. In the beginning a long time ago, so far away half way around the world when I was a young boy growing up in the Philippines, my grandmother on my mother’s side of the family had two younger siblings that passed away at age of 45 from heart attacked due to high blood pressure. My father had…

During the previous clinical rotation, I have always been accustomed to working with one patient, until I was given the opportunity to work with two. The difference between working with one patient and two is time consumption. I find myself spending more time writing information on my daily care map about two of the patients. It’s time consuming because I want to be able to gather important data in order to plan my care for the patients. I learned that using an SBAR worksheet helped me write…

Listeria Monocytogene is a gram positive rod shaped organism which can cause serious infections like meningitis, invasive gastroenteritis and endocarditis. Every year 1600 people in United States get affected, with significant mortality of 260 people annually. Listeria gastroenteritis has the third highest mortality rate among all the food born infection. Invasive listeriosis most commonly affect Pregnant women, extreme of ages, people with co morbid disease and weakened immune response. We here…

This essay will focus on a patient that presented to the emergency department with an acute onset of severe pain in the flank region, and then later was admitted for a procedure called “Shockwave lithotripsy (SWL)” ("Surgery for Kidney Stones," para. 4). The aim of this essay is to demonstrate how this client’s diagnosis was determined. I will also include the pathophysiology, client presentation, medical history, clinical examinations and findings, diagnostic tests that were performed, other…

surgeon purposed her for the Bilateral Revision Total Hip arthroplasty. A patient underwent preoperative preparation, that includes blood routine test, urine and stool test, electrocardiograph (ECG), and chest X-ray. Her blood routine such as serum creatinine, liver function tests (LFTs), complete blood count (CBC), C-reactive protein (CRP), calcitonin and interleukin 6 (IL-6) tests, erythrocyte sedimentation ratio (ESR) and coagulation test were all normal. Urine and stool…

What is a Ketogenic Diet? The ketogenic diet is a low-carbohydrate, adequate protein, high-fat diet that is designed to change your metabolism, help you maintain a healthy weight, and greatly improve your health. Since glucose is the easiest molecule for your body to convert and use as energy, it is used as your body's primary source of energy. However, when you greatly lower your intake of carbohydrates and significantly increase your intake of fat, your body is put into a state known as…

The patient for this case study is a Caucasian male in his late fifties who is retired. The patient arrives at Roper Rehabilitation Hospital via EMS from home. Patient’s wife reports a friend reported to her an abnormal gait pattern the day prior. Patient’s wife reports slurring of speech today. Patient’s CT scan results indicated Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)/Hemorrhagic Stroke /saccular aneurysm in the cerebellar brain site. According to O’Sullivan (2007), a stroke (CVA) is an acute onset of…

This patient was identified during the dietitian’s screening process for two different reasons upon her admission. There was a consult for this patient from the physician to provide nutrition education on a low sodium diet, as well as an alert from the RN due to the patient’s low Braden score and because she appeared cachectic/malnourished. I was given this patient by my preceptor to provide the nutrition education as well as complete her initial assessment. When I visited the patient she had…