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Sensorineural hearing loss can result from acoustic trauma (or exposure to excessively loud noise), which may respond to medical therapy with corticosteroids to reduce cochlea hair cell swelling and inflammation to improve healing of these injured inner ear structures. Sensorineural hearing loss can occur from head trauma or abrupt changes in air pressure such as in airplane descent, which can cause inner ear fluid compartment rupture or leakage, which can be toxic to the inner ear. There has…

diagnosis: Diagnosis is usually made from patient history and find other causes of heart failure. (The signs and symptoms for heart failure dyspnea, fluid retention, peripheral edema, nausea.) The most helpful tools of the diagnosis is echocardiogram. The chest x-ray identify the heart enlargement. Character’s : • Heart failure symptoms, including unexplained right heart failure • Arrhythmias • Conduction abnormalities • Thromboembolic events • angina pectoris managements : Heart-Healthy…

Finally, the last importance of congestive heart failure are treatments to help residents help maintain and ease the pain by understanding a healthy lifestyle. Through treatment plans with four different stages and in each one explains what is expected for the resident to follow by to help with having congestive heart failure. When a patient is diagnosing with STAGE ONE use a treatment of the patients to maintain regular exercising, to either to stop smoking or continue without starting to…

Status - uncontrolled Drug therapy problem - indication: needs additional drug therapy - CD has difficult urination and increased urination frequency, he needs medications to treat BPH symptoms. Rationale: The short-term goal is to eliminate his difficulty urination and increased urination frequency symptoms in 2 to 4 weeks, the long-term goal is to eliminate his difficulty urination and increased urination frequency symptoms indefinitely. CD is experiencing difficult urination and…

The Role of the Blood-Brain Barrier with Medication The blood vessels within the brain are lined with special endothelial cells that are tightly knit together and form the blood-brain barrier. The impermeable junctions prevent molecules passing through the blood from escaping outside of the vessel walls and into the brain. Molecules must be extremely small in size and have the ability to dissolve in fat in order to leak through the vessel walls. The majority of chemical substances do not…

By taking Lasix, it is categorized as diuretic. The medication works by elevating the amount of water and salt in the blood which removes by the kidney. The adrenals are two small glands which sits on the top of the kidneys secrete important hormone, aldosterone. Aldosterone regulates the water level, but the water is extremely lost by taking Lasik; therefore, it cannot help body to recover hydrate. Lasik caused the decrease in blood volume causing dehydration. The blood pressure is affected due…

While practicing medicine each member of the team must know, and understand their specific roles in order for the best possible outcome. The purpose of this post is to discuss the role that a nurse plays in a patient’s care. The American Nursing Association (2010) is an organization that has defined the nurse’s scope of practice, and holds nurses to the highest standards of practice; with these high expectations, they also encourage a safe, and healthy workplace. The Nursing scope of practice…

heart transplant can be obtained (AHA, 2017; Porth, 2015). Treatment is directed toward symptom management and disease progression, since without transplant 5-year survival is estimated at less than 50 %; a combination of pharmacologic agents like diuretics, beta blockers, and anticoagulants, medical procedures (cardiac catheterization) and implantable devices (pacemakers or defibrillators) will be necessary, while modifiable causes (like alcohol removal) and lifestyle changes (exercise…

He had a fall on 8/11/16 was sent to the ER, he complained of progressive SOB while in the ER and was found to have pulmonary edema. He was treated with intravenous diuretic therapy and Bi-pap therapy in the ER. He was very weak, having difficulties ambulating; as a result he was transferred to emerald healthcare for rehab. He was then transferred to Brennity ALF because his wife could not care for him at home. His…

"Brain injury referred to as traumatic brain injury (TBI), is defined as an alteration in brain function or other evidence of brain pathology caused by an external force. Acquired brain injury (ABI), is defined as an injury to the brain which is not hereditary, congenital, degenerative or induced by birth trauma. Today, any traumatic brain injury is an acquired brain injury, defined as any acquired disruption of brain function." Causes of TBI are trauma (open, closed, crushed, penetration:…