Heparin

On Tuesday, October 4th, I spent the day at The Miriam Hospital cardiac catheterization laboratory. Cardiac catheterization is an invasive On Tuesday, October 4th, I spent the day at The Miriam Hospital cardiac catheterization laboratory. Cardiac catheterization is an invasive diagnostic procedure that uses imaging equipment to identify if a patient has disease of the heart muscles, valves or coronary arteries (Smeltzer, 2011). Upon arriving at 0720 the nurse manager greeted me and the other…

Heart Disease in Women and their Unique Symptoms of a Heart Attack Introduction: Heart attacks are a very serious condition of the human body that require immediate attention. Heart attacks are known in the medical community as myocardial infarctions: myo- means muscle, cardio- means heart, -al means pertaining to; infarct means death of tissue (med term book). The parts come together as: tissue death pertaining to heart muscle (med term book). Each year, around one and half million cases of…

Introduction This week discussion speak of ethical and legal consequence of medication oversights. Medication management is there to facilitate or assist in the intervention strategies of prevention and management of various acute and chronic illness. During treatment, medication errors occur even though unintentional by health care workers. The purpose of the assignment consider the disclosure and nondisclosure of reporting medication errors as well as the ethical and legal faults. Consider…

Nursing and their community Before I start on how nurses have their communities, I am first going to start on what community is. Community is “a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists” this means that a community can be anything. A community can be a community of students or a community of Catholics. A community can also be business…

1. In the novel, Trauma by Michael Palmer, one of the biggest emotional impact for me was in chapter two. When Dr. Carrie Bryant was administering Beth’s surgery to remove the brain tumor, she kept thinking to herself and her goal was to keep her promise. I felt sad but also proud at the same time because of wellness of the patient being described and Dr. Bryant’s will. The diction and details used to entail the surgical scene allowed me to really feel Dr. Bryant’s dedication to keep Beth alive…

1 Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) 1.1 Introduction Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally. Different types of cardiac operations are performed every day in hospitals varying in complexity to treat several lesions such as coronary artery bypass graft, heart valve replacement and total heart replacement. Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is a crucial technique employed in the majority of these operations (Punjabi and Taylor 2013). It takes over the function of the heart and…

Capecitabine, an oral 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) analogue, is a commonly used chemotherapeutic agent (antimetabolite) of the pyrimidine analogue family. It is a basic cytostatic agent used in therapy of solid gastrointestinal cancers (as adjuvant therapy as well as in treatment of metastatic disease); besides, it is also widely used in therapy of metastatic breast cancer. Myocardial infarction is a rare adverse effect related to capecitabine therapy. We present case report of a female patient with no…

from absorbing too much salt, moreover makes the body pass salt via urine. The primary use of furoemide in heart failure is reducing the pulmonary and/ or systemic congestion and edema helping with the dyspnea associated wit h the congestion. e. Heparin infusion is indicated as patients with heart failure are at greater risk for developing venous thromboembolism, stroke and atrial fibrillation. This anticoagulant therefore is needed and is part of a guideline on the use of thromboprophylaxis for…

mechanism in the body to stop the bleeding. Prevents formation of blood clots, for example in the carotid arteries. Anticoagulantants are chemical substances that prevent or reduce the coagulation of blood, prolonging the clotting time. Given a drug like Heparin acutely can limit the further formation of thrombus. When given chronically, for example Warfarin help prevent thromboembolism from the venous system (Leg veins). These drugs can also prevent clot formation in a dissected area.…

the site for infection. Once that 's completed the caregiver sterilizes it with a choraprep swab. The tubes are connected and the caregiver aspirates each port, then is flushed with normal saline before the beginning of the treatment. Previously, heparin was used but only nurses can administer it and now is only used if their is a clot in the tubing. Once the patient has completed their dialysis treatment, the caregiver and patient applies masks. Then the caregiver removes the tubes disposing…