Intracranial hemorrhage

AGS is an autosomal-dominant condition affecting several body systems and characterized by neonatal jaundice along with a paucity of intrahepatic bile ducts on liver histology. It is also known as Alagille-Watson syndrome or arterio-hepatic dysplasia, and is caused by defects in the Notch signaling pathway. The disease affects the liver, heart, skeleton, eyes, kidneys, central nervous system, and is associated with characteristic facial features. (1, 2) The syndrome was first described by…

with blood clotting that can cause severe bruising and bleeding even with minor trauma. It is possible that Justin’s brother that died from the head trauma at the age of one also had hemophilia which caused internal bleeding in his head (the intracranial hemorrhage) when he fell from the crib causing his death. Being that the disease is most common in men, Justin and his brother…

Increased intracranial pressure is an event that is caused by multiple neurologic conditions. Most of time, it usually occurs due to head injury, brain tumor, hemorrhage, and toxic or viral encephalopathies. Increased ICP takes place suddenly, and progresses very fast. As the pressure increase, our body tries to fix the problem by compressing the veins and displacing the cerebral spinal fluid. As the pressure keeps increasing, blood flow to the brain gets affected. There is decrease is oxygen…

term for a hemorrhage disease of the newborn (HDN). There are three types of VKDB based on the age of the baby when the bleeding problems start. The first type is early VKDB presented within the first 24 hours of birth. Classic VKDB presented day 1 and day 7 of life is the second type of vitamin K deficiency bleeding. Lastly presented between week two and week twelve of life is late VKDB. Late Vitamin K deficiency bleeding can result in significant mortality due to intracranial hemorrhage and…

Crushing Skulls Every year, more and more parents across the United States are pulling their kids out of their local football program. Many parents are simply not allowing their children to even start playing competitive football. They believe that the sport of football is too dangerous for their kids to play in. They think that football is simply not a safe enough sport to play due to the risk of injuries kids have by simply tackling another person. Football is arguably America’s most…

Patients are often in an intensive care unit and monitoring the patient closely is priority. The nurse would maintain an airway, monitor intracranial pressure, vital signs, perrla, neuro status, administer ordered medications, assess fluid and electrolytes, along with input and output. The nurse would monitor for any seizures, DVTs, temperature, lower environmental stimulation, and makes sure…

Vaccines help to eradicate deadly diseases. Today children are vaccinated from many diseases starting at birth but some parents decide not to vaccinate their children, diseases are coming back into our society that have not been reported since the 1950’s. Anti-vaccinators have argued that it is a parent’s right whether they vaccinate or not. Many nearly eradicated diseases are making a comeback with anti-vaccine activists pushing uninformed parents to question doctors and no longer vaccinate…

involving eloquent areas of the brain, significant brain ischemia, and posterior fossa lesions. Cai et al reported a rate of 49.8% of delayed extubation out of 800 patients.46 Although data may be limited, the criteria for delayed extubation after intracranial surgery have been described in reviews and observational prospective studies.37,46 If a planned delay of the emergence has been decided, the possibility of a brief awakening in order to perform a short neurological assessment is a common…

The most common indications for a blood transfusion include acute blood loss, coagulopathy and other anemias.2 The veterinary professional should adhere to a strict transfusion protocol, and utilize blood typing, crossmatching procedures and careful patient monitoring; which minimizes the risk of an adverse reaction and maximizes the benefits of the transfusion.2 Ideally, potential canine blood donor candidates should range in age between 1-year-old to not more than eight years of age, and be…

The conception of an infant is an awesome yet exceptionally complex procedure. Numerous physical and enthusiastic changes happen for mother and child. An infant must make numerous physical acclimations to life outside the mother's body. Leaving the uterus implies that an infant can no more rely on upon the mother's dissemination and placenta for vital physiologic capacities. The physical and mental neonatal Intensive consideration unit (NICU) environment might be the absolute most critical…