Hyponatremia

Evidence-Based Interventions to Manage Chronic Constipation in Children Anna Marie McMillan Frontier Nursing University Abstract Constipation accounts for approximately 3% of pediatrician visits and about 10-25% of referrals of pediatric gastroenterologist. Rome III criteria is utilized in the study to determine eligible participants. Organic constipation is related to a physiological cause, patients suffering from organic constipation were not included in the study. Patients with…

Medical conditions are bound to increase due to change in lifestyles. One of the life threatening conditions is heart failure. The heart is a muscular structure that pumps blood to all parts of the body. Heart failure results when the heart fails to pump enough blood hence increased overload. The pathophysiology occurs as a result of increased workload on the left ventricle especially in patients with hypertension. This leads to enlargement of the muscles; enlarged muscles lack sufficient oxygen…

alongside another drug for best results. Aptiom lacks the cardiac contraindications that phenytoin has, which could benefit those with seizures and heart conditions. However, it has other contraindications, such as severe hepatic or renal impairment, hyponatremia, and suicidal ideation. All of these pre-existing states could be worsened with the administration aptiom. It should not be used if there is a known hypersensitivity to its active ingredients, eslicarbazepine acetate or oxcarbazepine.…

stress on the heart (Lemke, 2007). If the fluid shift, caused by these circulating catecholamines, overloads the pulmonary system then neurogenic pulmonary edema can happen resultantly. Another effect of catecholamines is hyperthermia and potential hyponatremia if diaphoresis ensues. The patient exhibited an increasing temperature throughout the shift. The temperature started at 37.2 and crept up as high as 38.9 degrees Celsius. Other effects of the stress response caused by the injured brain…

the dangers of overheating and dehydration and have found sources that say they can avoid these conditions if they drink large quantities of water. Again, these users are misinformed as an over consumption of water can lead to water toxicity or hyponatremia. This increases the risk of organ swelling which can lead to coma or even death (Ecstasy). Society should also be…

Nursing Management of a Patient with Alcohol Withdrawal Stephan is a 25-year-old, 75 kg male who presents to the emergency department via paramedics after suffering a general tonic-clonic seizure during his first day at a local alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility. He was ordered by the county court to attend this inpatient treatment program following his second drunk driving violation in one year. The seizure lasted approximately one minute, and resolved spontaneously without drug…

per day for adults and a lower intake level for children.1 However, a low-salt diet may prove beneficial for some people, but harmful for others. Physicians should apply the WHO guideline to the patient’s individual circumstances. Patients with hyponatremia illnesses or taking drug therapy should follow physician-supervised…

Beta blockers are the first line drug choice when treating angina related to CAD. Beta blockers decrease cardiac oxygen demand, by blocking beta receptors in the heart, decreasing heart rate and contractibility, reducing peripheral resistance and after load. Slowing heart rate increases diastolic fill time, increasing the amount of time blood flows throughout myocardial vessels. When taken with nitroglycerin, extra benefits include blunting reflex tachycardia. Dosage starts out low and slowly…

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a self-limited multisystemic disease of unknown etiology that typically causes fever and acute inflammation in young children. It is also referred to as "mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome," because of its involvement of the mucous membranes, skin, and lymph nodes. It has 3 stages that lasts about 12 days which are comprised of the acute, subacute, and convalescent phases. This syndrome may result in the complication of damage to the coronary arteries, due to inflammatory…

Key Issues of Concern This is Mrs. H, a 70-year-old African American female presented to the clinic with complex health problems. Some of her problems include: hypertension, heart failure. Patient has genetic predisposition to some diseases like DM2, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension. This could be a contributing factor to her health problems. She has diabetes with an A1c of 8.5, this indicates that her diabetes is not within the normal range of less than 7% (National Guideline Clearinghouse,…