Peritonitis

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undigested food is trapped in these small pouches and bacteria accumulate, it can lead to inflammation and a condition called diverticulitis. Acute diverticulitis can cause symptoms and lead to complications such as abscess formation, perforation, peritonitis, and…

the care that will be delivered by the Peritoneal Dialysis unit. Ms. Upham collaborated with the PD surgeon to develop all Access Care to the Peritoneal Dialysis Veteran. Ms. Upham collaborated with the infection control physician, to develop the peritonitis protocol. Ms. Upham collaborated with the programs Nephrologist, and the Nurse Manager to finalize all policies and procedures, so that each procedure could be effectively put into place. Ms. Upham worked with a contracted, experienced…

This article provides background information on chronic liver disease and states that it can be caused by many things, including alcohol abuse, chronic viral hepatitis, and metabolic factors. Over time, fibrotic tissue develops and without treatment, causes chronic injury and becomes fibrotic. Fibrosis then impairs the normal oxygenation and vasculature to the liver tissue. The author states that according to a large study, cirrhosis is the fourth leading cause of death due to non-communicable…

What is Enlarged Spleen in Cats? Splenomegaly, or an enlarged spleen, is a symptom of another condition or disease. The enlargement is due to inflammation, which occurs due to infiltration of cells as a result of the primary condition. The primary condition that is causing the enlargement is typically related to the function of the spleen, such as filtering blood or synthesizing antibodies in the cat's body. The cat's spleen may either enlarge uniformly over the entire organ or enlarge…

or colonic ischemia. The most dangerous complication of IC is gangrene, or tissue death after insufficient blood flow to the colon, which may need surgery to remove the dead tissue. Others complications include a perforation in the intestine, peritonitis, and widespread sepsis infection. The causes…

BACKGROUND OF LIVER CIRRHOSIS Cirrhosis, also called hepatic fibrosis is a chronic disease that causes cell destruction and scarring of hepatic tissues. Scar tissues form because of long term disease or injury. Cirrhosis impairs the liver’s ability to function normally because scar tissue can not do what healthy liver tissue does. Scar tissue replaces the healthy liver tissue and blocks the normal flow of blood through the liver. Cirrhosis is a potentially life threatening condition because it…

metabolic panel (BMP) as his sodium is above 120. His dose of spironolactone will be decreased, lactulose at 20 grams twice a day will continue, continue his nadolol, retrieve a diagnostic and therapeutic paracentesis to check for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, take weekly ciprofloxacin for prophylaxis, have echocardiogram levels reviewed due to define his murmur, and be administered a compression given his thrombocytopenia due to low platelet count and baseline coagulopathy. Considering the…

Case study Amber W. Hendrix MMTC Author Note Case Study for RT 242 Respiratory Therapy Clinical II Peritoneal Tuberculosis I never got to speak directly to my case study. She was intubated when I first became aware of her case and she failed all attempts at weaning from the vent before she died. There was regrettably also a language barrier with the majority of her family as they spoke Haitian Creole which has roots in Portuguese, Spanish, Taino, and West African languages, which left me limited…

Complicated diverticulitis can be staged, based on the Hinchey's classification: “Stage 1 is small, confined pericolic or mesenteric abscesses; Stage 2 is larger abscesses, extending to the pelvis; Stage 3 is perforated diverticulitis and purulent peritonitis; and Stage 4 refers to free perforation with fecal contamination of the peritoneal cavity” (Graham,…