Sepsis

Running head: TRANSFUSION 1 TRANSFUSION 2 Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is an under-reported, life-threatening complication of blood component transfusion due to the misinterpretation of symptoms, unfamiliarity of causes, and delay of standardizing methods of prevention. According to Mazzei, Popovsky, & Kopko (2008, 734), TRALI is characterized by symptoms indistinguishable from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and…

Age I was sixteen years old when my maternal grandmother died from COPD. At that time, I was a sophomore in high school. There had been deaths in the family prior to my grandmothers passing, however this was my first experience with a death of an immediate family member. Location My grandmother lived with my mother since I was a toddler, and she let the family know that she was afraid of dying alone in a hospital. I’m not sure whether or not my grandmother had a desire to die at the time of her…

People with severe mental health conditions have increased rates of premature deaths and reduced life span compared to the general population. Studies clearly indicated that the life expectancy of New Zealanders with severe mental illness (SMI) and addictions has considerably reduced by up to twenty-five years compared to the general population (Newcomer, 2007). Research clearly highlighted that cardio-metabolic factors have an enormous impact in contributing to a significant increase in…

lobar pneumonia.” (Jack, Morrison, 1997). However, both of the death figures fell dramatically after a drug called sulfonamide was made available to the public. Thanks to animal testing, now only five out of every 100,000 women contracted puerperal sepsis after giving birth, and only six out of 100,000 middle-aged men contracted lobar pneumonia. Animal testing has not only saved millions of lives in the medicine field, but also the surgical field, too. Open heart surgery saves…

Everything slowly fades to black, and you are out. You wake up hours later in a hospital bed, and the same mysterious man comes out from behind the curtains. After a long discussion with jargon that you cannot understand, you are told that you have severe sepsis. With a rapidly increasing heartbeat, rash, shaking, and pain all over, you are taken to the hospital for immediate admission. The medical staff is lucky to have…

Standardizing central venous catheter care: hospital to home The guideline for Standardizing central venous catheter care: hospital to home was obtained from the National Guideline Clearinghouse. This guideline standardizes care of the central line to ensure continuity of care and decrease complications. Central line infection and thrombosis cause thousands of deaths each year and increases medical costs (CDC). Proper care of the central line utilizing antibacterial dressings, passive…

Metronidazole Systematic (IUPAC) name: 2-(2-methyl-5-nitro-1H-imidazol-1-yl)ethanol Bioavailability : 80% (oral), 60-80% (rectal), 20-25% (vaginal)122,123 Protein binding : 20% 122,123 Metabolism : Hepatic 122,123 Half-life : 8 hours 122,123 Excretion : Urine (77%), faeces (14%) 122,123 Formula : C6H9N3O3 Mol. mass : 171.15 g/mol Melt. point : 159–163 °C (318–325 °F) Metronidazole is a nitroimidazoleantibiotic medication used particularly for anaerobic bacteria and protozoa.…

INTROCUCTION After its discovery by Dr. Peter Barth in 1983, Barth Syndrome was originally thought to affect less than 200 males worldwide. Barth conducted his initial study on his patients after noticing a disturbing pattern of early infant death within a single family, none of which survived past 42 months. These individuals suffered from symptoms that included, but were not limited to, dilated cardiomyopathy, neutropenia, and skeletal myopathy. Many patients experienced moderate to severe…

INTRODUCTION As I chose a topic on breastfeeding I wanted to learn if breastfeeding was better for infants. I compared and contrasted infant formulas versus breast milk to see how it affects a human’s body. I also wanted to details of how breastmilk affects a baby. This essay was made to inform every woman on why breast milk is used. Breast milk has been around since women have been on earth. Before infant formulas were discovered women only had one choice, but now women have more options.…

Background: Fistula-in-ano forms a good majority of treatable benign lesions of the rectum and anal canal. 90% or so of these cases are end results of crypto glandular infections. Despite the easy of diagnosis, establishing a cure is problematic on two accounts. Firstly, many patients tend to let their ailment nag them rather than being subject to examination, mostly owing to the site of this disease. The more important second factor is that a significant percent of these diseases persist or…