Gastroenterology

high blood pressure, all of which can lead to stroke and heart attack, even for younger people. Solbach was presented with one of many cases that shows the internal affect anabolic steroids can have on their subjects. This case occurred at a BMC Gastroenterology which found severe injuries inside the body. He was confronted with a patient that had a long that showed a sonorous percussion and a liver that had inhomogeneous lesions. After a long trial of treating this patient, the researcher…

Genitourinary Case Study and Plan of Care Infections like acute prostatitis in the male genitourinary system are rare while disorders like benign prostatic hyperplasia are more common with aging (Yoon et al., 2012). Mr. H.S. is a 60-year-old male with history of urinary issues for two years. Reports today symptoms have increased in severity. He reports today nocturia consisting of 4-5 episodes a night and interference of daily activities related to frequent urination with a decreased urinary…

Can a Gluten-Free Diet Change Your Life? Here’s What You Should Know to Decide. Recently the words Gluten-free and Celiac Disease (CD) have become common topics of conversations; whether the conversation is about weight-loss, healthy living, nutrition, or exercise. Health food products with labels such as “organic”, “gluten-free”, “sugar and fat-free” can be seen almost everywhere. If you ask anyone concerned about their weight or health, they can answer the question “what are the benefits of…

Liver failure, caused by things such as hepatitis and cirrhosis, leads to an array of symptoms including cardiorespiratory insufficiency (hepatopulmonary syndrome; HPS) and renal failure (hepatorenal syndrome; HRS). Disregarding the cause of liver failure itself, discuss the development of both of these symptoms. Hepatopulmonary Syndrome Figure 1: Blood Flow in Normal Conditions and Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (Grace & Angus, 2013). Figure 1 (above) shows the blood flow in a normal patient (top),…

it is a sensitive organ that can be hit hard by simple things like moderate drinking and consuming a sugar called fructose. Cirrhosis, the last stage of liver damage, is where most of the liver has become scar tissue. A study published in the Gastroenterology Journal showed that both coffee and tea drinkers were at a reduced risk of developing cirrhosis (Ruhl and Everhart). In fact, drinking coffee can reduce risk by up to 84% depending on the amount that is consumed daily, with four or more…

Use of Whipple Pancreaticoduodenectomy in a 54-Year-Old Male with Pancreatic Cancer Alex McColloster UNTHSC TEXAS COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE CASE REPORT SURGERY CORE CLINICAL CLERKSHIP Introduction Pancreatic cancer remains a highly lethal malignancy due to its clinically silent nature. Patients most often present with jaundice due to compression of the common bile duct, pain that develops insidiously and weight loss. Treatment is accomplished surgically;…

Summerlin Hospital Medical Center, a for-profit hospital founded in 1997, is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, and was developed by the Howard Hughes Corporation. It is located at 657 Town Center Drive, in Las Vegas, Nevada, is one of America’s fastest growing healthcare communities, providing a comprehensive range of specialties to Las Vegas and its surrounding communities (About The Hospital, 2016). Summerlin Hospital Medical Center is accredited by The Joint…

Background: Polycystic Kidney Disease (PCKD) is the most frequent inherited renal cystic disease around the world. PCKD is a very complex group of disorders characterized by the formation and growth of multiple renal cysts, containing urine-like fluid, which displace renal tubules and frequently leads to end stage renal disease (ESRD). PCKD has two major forms and can be transmitted as autosomal dominant or recessive traits with variable expression. 1-3 Major advances have been done towards…

Introduction Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that affects the hippocampus, the part of the brain responsible for controlling thought, memory, and language. According to “Alzheimer’s Disease Fact Sheet,” published by the National Institute of Health (NIH), the disease, ranked as the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S., was named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer, who, in 1906, noticed changes in the brain tissue of a woman who…

Acute care hospitalization has long been recognized as the most costly health care option. National health care reforms include efforts to reduce acute hospitalization and, once admitted, to shorten patients' lengths of stay. 7. Emphasis on Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)* Patients, payers, and other medical professionals are more frequently questioning the research supporting various interventions. SLPs, like other professionals, must ensure the provision of services supported by the best…