Tonsillectomy

areas of health care with varying results. It has been utilized to assess intimate partner violence (IPV) and sleep quality, cognitive impairment secondary to chemotherapy, irritable bowel disease (IBD) and the burden of symptoms, postoperative tonsillectomy, postpartum fatigue, physiological and psychological factors of cancer’s impact on quality of life (QoL), and to assess unpleasant symptoms secondary to pain in everyday practice (EBSCOhost, 2017). The overwhelming majority of TOUS clinical…

Once I had completed nursing school I had the mindset that I finally realized what my career calling was therefore the rest of my career decisions would be easy. However, what I did not acknowledge was the countless career options within the nursing profession. It is hard to really know what area of nursing I wanted to be in, simply because the majority of clinical rotations in nursing school are medical-surgical. When I graduated from my Associate Degree of Nursing program I was more the…

Methadone is a potent Schedule 2 opioid developed by German scientists to treat battle wounds during the Second World War due to limited access to morphine. Use and Abuse Methadone treats moderate-to-severe pain. It is inexpensive, making it more accessible for patients who can’t afford the more expensive brand name painkillers. It is a highly effective but potentially dangerous painkiller. Besides treating pain, methadone plays an important role in the treatment of opioid addiction. Opioid…

This article is about the hypothesized neurological disorder. For other uses, see Panda (disambiguation). PANDAS Streptococcus pyogenes 01.jpg Streptococcus pyogenes (stained red), a common group A streptococcal bacterium. PANDAS is hypothesized to be an autoimmune condition in which the body's own antibodies to streptococci attack the basal ganglion cells of the brain, by a concept known as molecular mimicry. Classification and external resources Specialty Neurology ICD-9-CM 279.49 Patient UK…

The fields of genetics and genomics have made significant strides in the past ten years, and researches are applying the results of research to many areas of health care. Because disease risk and health conditions are influenced by elements of environment, lifestyle, and genetics, the nurse needs to consider these factors when assessing families for genetic risks (Williams, Cashion, Shekar, & Ginsburg, 2016). The nurse uses the information gathered from a family health history to identify…

improve his eating habit and his handwriting skills. Medical Information M.P. was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. He was born at 37 weeks via cesarean section with breech presentation. He spent 2 days in NICU for monitoring and underwent tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in 2014. His mother experienced preeclampsia during her pregnancy. M.P. is physically healthy; he has no known medication or food allergy. Occupational Therapy Re-evaluation M.P. was seen by OT for 6-month reassessment…

Diabetes Mellitus type 2 is a common chronic metabolic disorder and of the main causes of death in the United States. The total prevalence of diabetes in the United States is 25.8 million people, of these; 7.0 million have undiagnosed diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011). Among adults, diabetes is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease, renal failure, blindness, and non-traumatic amputations of lower extremities (Buttaro, Trybulski, Bailey, & Sandberg-Cook, 2013). The…