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    had an intermittent transient heart block. Dorthea reluctantly consented and was given a permanent pacemaker to correct this problem. Three months ago, her kidney function was found to have decreased 10% to what was normal and could have possibly caused her diabetes. At first her doctors thought that she was going to need dialysis but her kidney function had improved since and dialysis would not be needed at this time. Dorthea consented to a colonoscopy which was preformed to see if she…

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    Kidney Dialysis Kidney dialysis is a treatment that helps save lives. It uses a dialysis machine to filter out the harmful waste, salt and excess fluid from your blood, which brings the blood back to normal. To filter your blood through the machine the doctor needs to make an access through your blood vessels. They would do this by minor surgery to either your arm or leg. Sometimes they make an access by joining an artery to a vein that is under your skin to make a fistula which is a bigger…

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    not all of her patients have kidney issues. Their floor deals with a wide variety of complications and she provided me with several complications that are relatively common: peritonitis, liver cirrhosis, pancreatitis, gastrointestinal bleeding, and end stage renal disease. Out of all of the issues she deals with, she most frequently sees liver cirrhosis. She explained to me…

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    Cardiac Stratification

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    In patients with ESRD, deaths due to cardiac causes account for nearly 40 to 45 percent of all deaths. Hence cardiac risk stratification remains a challenge for the clinicians. Elevated levels of C reactive protein levels( CRP), indicative of inflammation are high in as much as 70% patients receiving dialysis. Levels of cardiac troponin are also high in ESRD patients, irrespective of the manifestation of the symptoms related to cardiac myopathies. To understand the relation between ESRD and…

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    The key to a successful acute dialysis treatment is the preparation. Dialysis in the hospital, there is only one staff member that knows this process and it is you. There is no one to call if anything goes wrong so being prepared for all aspect is a must. With this being said, a dialysis staff member must know their job inside and out. To insure a dialysis staff monitors their patients for the entire treatment, preparing for the unforeseen is the most important part of this job. When the…

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    are linked with chronic kidney disease, or 156 of 75,000 deaths; this means that the person could have died from other reasons, but the patient did have chronic kidney disease (Midwest Kidney Network. Dialysis Deaths, 2015), (South Dakota Department of Health. At a Glance in 2014, 2015). Nationally, 0.0149% of all deaths are from some stage of chronic kidney disease, meaning that the death is as a result of this disease (Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Kidney Disease FastStats, 2013).…

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    As Salas et al (2003) states synchronization between skills is needed to provide seamless treatment of high quality, resulting in a reduction in stress to the patient and decreasing the recovery period. A view supported by both Duggan et al (2003) and Mumford et al (1982) who concluded that decreasing anxiety of patients’ aids in the recovery from operations. In real terms this will decrease the number of hospital admissions/appointment required, save money and maximise the use of the National…

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    Septic Shock Affecting Mental Capacity The assignment is to support an insight into a safeguarding issue where the patient is self-neglecting due to the lack of circumstantial mental capacity to take a decision. I have chosen the Gibbs’ reflective cycle (Oxford Brookes University, 2016) to comprehend and reflect the scenario. The Gibbs’ reflective cycle will enable to follow step by step; focusing on the description of the issue, how I felt about it, initial evaluation and the analysis of the…

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    Case Study Baxter

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    hospital worldwide (About n.d.). Their products range from hospital products such as intravenous solutions, sterile solutions, and premixed drugs to its renal portfolio. In layman terms, renal, means kidney and Baxter’s renal portfolio addresses the needs of patients with kidney failure or kidney disease through a variety of treatment options such as hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, multi-organ extracorporeal support therapy, and additional dialysis services. Unlike many healthcare…

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    1980s Dance

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    What do you know about Dance? How much do you know about medicine? These two things have grown and developed over time. The dance style in the 1980s has influenced many young and old dancer of the generations to come. Medicine has also developed since then until now. The development of medicine has helped cure more illnesses and help people all around the world with the new viruses that had a come to be. The style of dance developed also helped young children who many be going through hard times…

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