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NEPHROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS ASSOCIATED WITH RHABDOMYOLISIS Introduction Diabetes insipidus (DI) presents with hypernatremia and consequent hyperosmolality in individuals with an impaired thirst mechanism or no free access to water. Hyperosmolality was found to be associated with rhabdomyolisis, a disease consist of elevated serum creatinine kinase (CPK) and myoglobinuria. Fluid resuscitation is the mainstay of the treatment to prevent life-threatening complications including acute…

Empiricists would also argue that without war our earth would be overpopulated, but I would like to mention that dying of natural disasters and other natural causes seems to be inclusive of that problem as well. You do not see doctors withholding statin drugs to patients with heart problems simply because our earth is overpopulated. In fact, if we were to argue over means of population control, then it would make more sense to save the young and healthy than the old and sick. More of my…

These therapeutic experiments have led to the use of sFGFR3, statin, meclizine, and NVP-BGJ398, and BMN 111 as possible solutions (16-20). All of the possible cures to Achondroplasia take into account the different functions of FGFR3 and produce an anti function such as blocking receptor activation and inhibiting…

In this assignment, a culturally competent health care program will identify health care needs of a specific population, veterans diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, MS. The impact health care disparities can have on the health care service utilization and nursing care of veterans will be addressed. Furthermore, the political, economic, governmental, regulatory, and ethical factors affecting veterans will be addressed while discussing how these factors can be considered barriers and…

Question 1. Using medical terminology describe the symptoms Mr. B is complaining about. Mr. B has described polydipsia as a feeling of very thirsty and complained polyuria as frequent urination. Question 2. What does HbA1c measure? HbA1c refers to glycated haemoglobin which develops when haemoglobin joins with glucose in the blood, becoming ‘glycated’ (Choudhary& Kishanrao, 2015). The HbA1c test counts the number of glycosylated red blood cells and reports it as a percentage (Little& Sacks,…

THE CAUSES OF HEART ATTACK The onset of heart attack is a result of a portion of cardiac muscle having necrosis, which is caused by an obstruction of a coronary artery through artherosclerosis, a thrombus or spasm. Heart attack often occurs when the flow of oxygen-rich blood to a section of the heart muscle becomes blocked which is mostly a result of coronary heart disease (NIH, 2012). According to National Institutes (NIH), Coronary heart disease is a condition that is as a result of a waxy…

Roger's hypothesis of the Unitary Individual is the way I feel nursing ought to be rehearsed. Medical caretakers should see the individual overall and not as a machine. Parse depicted the concurrence worldview, people are unitary, unchangeable, and in the persistent shared process with nature (Rogers, 1970, 1992). As opposed to Parse, Newman distinguished three ideal models. One of them is the Unitary-transformative worldview is like Parse's concurrence hypothesis. The unitary-transformative…

CASE MYSTERY: THE PROFESSOR Nursing is a profession that offers a broad spectrum of choices for practice. Each nurse gathers tools for use in a chosen specialty as experience and knowledge is gained through practice. One of the most interesting tools gathered by professional nurses is the ability to be a detective of sorts. Working with a team of medical professionals, nurses contribute to the plan of care and treatment by providing outstanding assessment skills, evaluating interventions for…

After the collapse of the Romanov Empire in 1917, the Soviet Union emerged and took over Russia. The Soviet Union was founded in 1922 by the Bolshevik Party and was led by Vladimir Lenin. The Soviet Union dominated Russia and it became the first country to be based on Marxist socialism, which gradually transitioned into Communism. After Lenin died, Joseph Stalin rose to power in 1924 and dictated with terror. Upon his rule he transformed the Soviet Union from an agricultural based society into…

Sean Seltzer GM2020 Written assignment 27/11/2017 ‘Prevention strategies and stroke’ Disease prevention is one of the major branches of public health, alongside health promotion, and prolonging life [1]. The importance of preventative strategies in medicine is exemplified by their success, saving millions of lives every year [2]. Initially, preventative medicine mainly included vaccination and healthy lifestyle promotion, however the definition has broadened to include not only interventions…