Hypoglycemia

The time period of WWI and WWII is often identified as a time of battles, bloodshed, and drastic political changes. This time period was also responsible for catapulting many medical technological advancements and developing several specialty fields of medicine. As medical research and knowledge grew, related industries, such as life insurance companies, sought to establish identifiers of an ideal, healthy client. As a result, body averages and standards were set, creating an image of normalcy.…

Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (MAS) remains as one to the major causes of neonatal respiratory distress, which may lead to respiratory failure and death in the infant. This syndrome is the defined as “respiratory distress in an infant born through meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) with characteristic radiological changes and whose symptoms cannot be otherwise explained” (T. E. Wiswell, J. M. Tuggle, and B. S. Turner 1). About 8–20% of all deliveries have been detected with meconium-…

Thousands are affected by eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa, or commonly known as anorexia is one of the most common ones. Anorexia is the rare eating disorder that is characterized by abnormally low body weight and the fear of gaining weight. Anorexia is most common among young females, but the disorder can be prevalent among the male gender. Anorexia does not only complicate the physical state, but the disorder can affect the mental health of a person; anorexia is powerful when involving…

Assignment 3. Eric Topol: The Wireless Future of Medicine Lorraine Manlangit ID # 20421450 HLTH 330: Health informatics Winter 2015 Instructor: Joon Lee Date: April 6th 2015 The future of medicine will soon move from the doctor’s office to the hands of individuals. Literally speaking, health can be monitored through wireless technology, more specifically smartphones. The main idea of Eric Topol’s (2009) talk is using wireless devices to advance health technology in order…

We start our case with a Male, Age 56 who for the past two months has been having episodes forgetful of speech and vision dimness that last about two minutes. During this time he stopped taking his Zestril (lisinopril) prescribed for hypertension because he thought it was causing him to have anxiety or orthostatic hypotension. In addition, he started taking Inderal (propranolol, purchased over the Internet) every morning before class to reduce his “anxiety” while speaking. Today his episode…

Food provides us with more than the sum of its nutrients; protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins, and minerals. Food is broken down and transformed into energy. Eating is another way to take apart life sustaining energy from food. When you eat, you take in and absorb the forces of nature stored in your food. For example, plants store light through photosynthesis. Eating food releases the energies and nutrients stored in food for your body to absorb. In absorbing your food, the physical and…

Identifying data: (Name, age, race, and marital status. Length of time in current shelter. Usual appearance including physical build, dress, neatness, any distinctive points. Type of Financial and medical benefits.) Ms. Roberta Yafie is a 70 year old single Jewish Caucasian female. Client entered Broadway House Women Shelter on 3/31/2017, as a transfer from 85 Lexington Avenue and has been residing in the Shelter System since 2/20/2014. Client is a very intelligent, refined, professional…

The first 12 hours of a neonates life is the most critical time in which hypothermia can set in. For 9 months the child is in a warm amniotic sac where coldness is never felt. Once the neonate experiences extrauterine life, the neonate is now at risk for cold stress (Durham, 2014, p. 377). There are four different ways in which a neonate can loose heat; these four are radiation, convection, conduction, and evaporation. Studies have shown that the nurses procedures have a major effect on heat…

The following information was obtained from parent interview, school in-take packet, and the student’s Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA). Prenatal According to the student’s mother she had a normal pregnancy with no known exposure to teratogens, infections, or radiation. She was in her early 20’s while she was pregnant with BH. She states that she had received prenatal care throughout her pregnancy. The student’s prenatal history seemed to be unremarkable (school in-take packet). Risk…

Neurons are not the only cells that occupied the central nervous system (CNS). In fact, neurons are outnumbered by supportive non-excitable cells, collectively called neuroglia (a.k.a. glia). The term glia was coined by Rudolph Virchow in 1859 to indicate the “connective tissue” surrounding the neurons (glia came from Greek meaning glue). However, the combination of the activities of glial cells and neurons is crucial for brain functions (Steward 2000). There are three types of glial cells in…