Cardiology

Introduction Amnioinfusion is a procedure in which a germ-free (sterile) saline solution is added into the uterus. This may be done for various reasons, including: To increase the amount of amniotic fluid around the baby when there is not enough (oligohydramnios). Amnioinfusion may be done before an ultrasound test so that the ultrasound pictures provide a better view of the baby. It may also be used to help provide better care for the baby if certain kinds of problems are found with its lungs,…

Controversies As testicular malignancy is a disease of young population with good long term prognosis and multidisciplinary treatment is evolving to reduce morbidity, certain areas of controversies have evolved. • Postchemotherapy Residual Disease: postchemotherapy retroperitoneal masses are found to be teratoma or viable GCT in 45% of CT radiographic masses of 11-20 mm and 28% of the 0-10 mm [44]. Ehrlich found 15-year recurrence-free survival rates of 95% and 73% for good risk and…

Senior In Home Care and Hypertension High blood pressure is a disease of epidemic proportions in the United States. According to the American Heart Association, high blood pressure, or hypertension, is diagnosed in about 80 million American adults. Tens of millions more are estimated to have high blood pressure and do not know it. One of the main problems with hypertension is that it is a symptomless disease. This means that it does not display regular signs and symptoms. Instead, high blood…

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) occur when alveoli of the lungs are filled with fluids due to severe injury or illness. This fluid buildup instead of air in the alveolar air sacs causes decreased level of oxygen transfer from the lungs to the blood stream. A chest x-ray will show clinical appearance of acute pulmonary edema without elevated left atrial pressure or cardiogenic causes (Brochard, 2011). This will cause a severe deprivation of oxygen to vital organs and leads to…

Severe pain of sudden onset could be caused by a dissecting aneurysm in the aorta. Distal dissection presents as interscapular pain whilst proximal dissection causes anterior chest pain. Likewise, a spontaneous pneumothorax may result in sudden severe pain and dyspnoea. Patient’s may describe a sudden intense pain followed by less intense sharp pain that is localised to one side of the chest. Chest wall and pleuritic pain increases with inspiration and is localised to a small area. Pain is…

Heart Failure- Case Study [Name of Writer] [Name of Institution] Heart failure Clinical Course of Care Clinical course of care means how the disease changes its behavior from time to time; it may improve or deteriorate, depending on the care that is being provided. Clinical guidelines should be followed, but the team has to practice the best individualized care in order to treat the patient well. Clinical guidelines based on heart failure are the primary focus of several medical platforms.…

Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is also known as Diastolic Heart Failure, this “is characterized by restrictive filling and reduced diastolic volume of either [one] or both ventricles with normal or near normal systolic function and wall thickness.” There are many types of Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive cardiomyopathy is the least common type. The tell-tale sign of RCM is diastolic dysfunction. Diastolic dysfunction is when the heart does not fill up correctly, either too slowly or too quickly.…

The ECG/EKG When most people think of heart tests, they think of the ECG. ECG stands for electrocardiogram. It's also called an EKG, from the German elektrokardiogram. Although it may look like an ECG is recording heartbeats, it's not. In fact, it records the electrical activity (the electrical triggers, if you will) that presage the actual heartbeat. The mechanical beats follow the electrical triggers by about a tenth of a second -- unless, of course, there's a problem. Or to state it in…

Nursing Diagnosis and Plan of Care Name Institution Nursing Diagnosis and Plan of Care Nurses play a vital in the general care of patients. Hence, nurses strive to help the patients maintain high standards of health or regain their health in the event they have lost it as a result of illness. In this case, we will focus on an African American male who purposes of privacy and confidentiality will be simply referred as JM (Gulanick & Myers, 2014). The patient presented at the clinic with…

Introduction Sepsis is a serious infection of the blood or tissues that affects the whole body. Septic shock is the final, most serious stage of this infection. It is a medical emergency and requires immediate treatment. What are the causes? Septic shock is caused by a drop in blood pressure. The drop keeps your organs from getting enough oxygen, causing them to fail. What increases the risk? You are more likely to develop this condition if: You are very young or elderly. You have AIDS or…