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DOI: 8/25/2011. Patient is a 51-year-old male pharmacy technician who sustained a work-related injury when he felt a burning sensation in his back while mixing compounding intravenous medications in the clean room. As per OMNI, the patient is diagnosed with cervical facet joint arthropathy, thoracic spondylosis with radiculopathy and cervical spondylosis without myelopathy. IW is status post anterior cervical discectomy and fusion at C5-6 and laminoplasty at C3-7 levels on 02/15.…

Myocardial infarction (MI), also known as heart attack, occurs when there is a complete occlusion of a coronary artery that causes ischaemia and death to the muscles in an area of the heart. In 2014/2015, MI was the main cause of 54,000 hospitalisations in Australia. Additionally, it is estimated that over 400, 000 Australian have suffered a heart attack at one point in their lives. In general, men are more at risk of MI than women. Also, men tend to experience MI almost 10 years earlier…

Alicia your topic is very interesting and the issues that you have raised are noteworthy. One of the things you mentioned on your post is that a good portion of the vancomycin is removed when it is given during the hemodialysis. As a pediatric OR nurse specializing in open heart surgeries, I immediately asked myself whether our patients undergo the same thing when they receive prophylactic vancomycin dose and then later go through cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Vancomycin is given as an…

Ice Ice Baby goes Under Pressure Hip-Hop star Vanilla Ice came out with a new album called To the Extreme in the 1990’s. Their biggest hit was Ice Ice Baby. It also was known for copying the song Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie. Vanilla Ice took samples of the song without having permission and changed up the baseline beat a little thinking he would not have to give credit to the song Under Pressure the original song writers Queen and David Bowie. . . . . . . . . The way Vanilla Ice…

Wrist and upper-arm blood pressure monitors are mainstays of the blood pressure monitor industry, but some people find them a little bit too bulky or intimidating to be of any use. Finger blood pressure monitors provide a welcome and handy (no pun intended) alternative to these more popular models. A lot of people are suspicious of finger blood pressure monitors and believe them to be unreliable and ineffective when it comes to delivering a reliable reading of one’s blood levels. While it is…

Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death worldwide in adults. In the United States, “heart disease and stroke rank first and third”, respectively, among the leading causes of death (Bogers, Bemelmans, Hoogeveen, Boshuizen, Woodward, Knekt, & Thorpe, 2007). CHD accounted for “34.4% of the 2.4 million deaths in 2003”, thus remaining one of the major cause of deaths in the United States (Brown & Mensah, 2007). This condition is becoming exponentially common in younger individuals;…

Hypertension, commonly called high blood pressure, is when the force of blood pumping through the arteries is too strong. The arteries are blood vessels that carry blood from the heart throughout the body. Hypertension during pregnancy can cause problems for you and your baby. Your baby may be born early (prematurely) or may not weigh as much as he or she should at birth. Very bad cases of hypertension during pregnancy can be life-threatening. Different types of hypertension can occur during…

afterload. These drugs increase vasodilatory effects causing reduction in blood pressure. Risk factors include diabetes, more than 70 years of age and co-administration with other agents that affect the renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS) such as ACE inhibitors and beta blockers (O’Donovan, 2014). Beta blocking agents is another example of anti-hypertensive drugs. The immediate effect is to reduce systolic blood pressure by 20 (mmHg) millimetre of mercury. Therefore, it is essential to…

Hyperhidrosis Hyperhidrosis is defined as medical condition characterized by extreme and excessive sweating. There are two types of hyperhidrosis-primary and secondary. Typically, primary hyperhidrosis begins during childhood and continues past adulthood. The excessive sweating is localized in the hands, feet, face, and armpits. Secondary hyperhidrosis affects the entire body and is caused by another medical condition (“Medical Definition of Hyperhidrosis”). Hyperhidrosis is a condition which…

behavior as “cool” or “normal” and rewards it while punishing good behavior” (Hughes, 2010). Teenagers will start to do drugs if their friend group is using drugs, or maybe the teen may be depressed and want to end their life by overdosing. Peer Pressure…