Pulmonary edema

Sickle Cell Disorder [ICD-10 D57] Sickle Cell Disorder (SCD) may be one cause to this child’s previously listed symptoms. SCD is an inherited disease in which an abnormal hemoglobin S [HbS] leads to chronic hemolytic anemia, pain, and organ failure (Grossman & Porth, 2014). SCD is transmitted by a recessive gene and can manifest as a sickle cell trait or sickle cell disease. The sickle cell trait may manifest as a heterozygote with one HbS gene [HbS], and SCD may manifest as a homozygote with…

effects 5. Preserved platelet function 6. Avoidance of hypothermia 7. Less expensive 50. Contraindications to acute normovolemic hemodilution? Major complications? Contraindications: 1. Anemia 2. Decreased renal function 3. CAD 4. Carotid disease 5. Pulmonary disease 6. Liver disease 7. Inadequate vascular access Major Complications: 1. Myocardial…

relieve respiratory distress, sublingual nitroglycerin to relieve ischemic pain, and chewable 325mg aspirin for its antiplatelet effect. Morphine sulfate will be considered if chest pain is not relieved by sublingual nitroglycerin or if anxiety or pulmonary edema is present. Following the initial treatment, the treatment plan for Mrs. B will depend on whether she is diagnosed with STEMI, NSTEMI, or unstable angina. Each case will be discussed briefly: STEMI treatment. Mrs. B will receive a…

The patient with systolic heart failure, or systolic ventricular dysfunction, would present to the clinic with very different symptoms from the patient with diastolic heart failure. In systolic heart failure, the heart is incapable of producing enough cardiac output to supply vital tissues. Because of this insufficiency, the hard must work harder to provide adequate blood supply to its vital organs and tissues. Cardiac output is determined by heart rate, how fast the heart is beating, and…

Asthma is a common household word that many people use day to day. The word Asthma is often misused and usually correlated with obesity. Asthma is a chronic disease involved in the airways of the lungs. Asthma is the inflammation of these airways that allow air to travel in and out of the lungs, bringing the body necessary oxygen. Due to the inflammation, the tissue surrounding the airways can become swollen and the muscles involved with breathing can tighten, which can cause the symptoms…

is important to know. Hydrochloric acid is highly corrosive and is irritant to both skin and eyes. It also damages kidneys and liver. Hypochlorite Bleach is also corrosive .It irritates or burns eyes, skin and respiratory tract. It may cause pulmonary edema, vomiting or coma if ingested. Contact with other chemicals may cause chlorine fumes which may be…

While the list had a very large number of different materials that were located in the shop, I only will list the chemicals that would present an industrial health hazard to an employee using them and chemicals that are used in every battery repair. Since some repairs use different chemicals and different processes, I decided to narrow it down to a very basic battery repair that would be done at the Fairmont shop I visited. First would be sulfuric acid, which is used in the cells of the battery…

foot controls. She can never climb stairs, ramps, ladders, or scaffolds. She can never balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. She can never be around unprotected heights, moving mechanical parts, humidity and wetness, dust, odors, fumes, and pulmonary irritants, extreme cold, extreme heat, or vibrations. She can frequently operate a motor vehicle. Dr. Bivins also opined that she had an extreme limitation in understanding and remembering simple instructions, carrying out simple…

postpartum unit for eight years as a certified nursing assistant and I have encountered so many situations with nurses that only have their associate’s degree and nurses that have their baccalaureate degree. In one situation the patient got pulmonary edema. The nurse and I had just checked her about an hour earlier. The patient called out saying she was having hard time breathing. By the time the nurse and I got there the patient was in and out of consciousness and she was having really hard…

deaths on Mount Everest happen above 8,000 meters, and during the descent into an area known as the “death zone.” Strydom had reached the final camp from the summit before she and her husband, Robert Gropel, both began suffering from high-altitude pulmonary edema, which caused fluid to build up in Strydom’s brain. Her husband survived the descent and was taken to a Nepal hospital for treatment, according to the Sydney Morning…