Lv Dysfunction Case Study

Mrs. Warley’s perspective of her situation is pessimistic, she feels that her outlook is bleak. As supported by Apar et al (2007), these fears are warranted as prognosis for SLCL is poor, with the median survival after treatment being approximately 15 months, and one in four patients surviving 2 years. In contrast, Mrs. Warley’s partner maintains a positive outlook and believes that

C. Once the victim is positively diagnosed they are given a life expectancy of 2-5 years.

are diagnosed with this disease are mostly flabbergasted with pain of the heart and disbelief. The

Childbirth is one of the greatest privileges on the earth anyone could have and we, as women, should feel proud to be major contributors for it. Thus, a mother has to play a key role in aiding the healthcare workers to mitigate the health crisis associated with childbirth by performing her duties faithfully. One such associated health crisis is “Premature (preterm) birth” which occurs when the baby is born too early, before 37 weeks of gestational period (CDC, 2015). The rate of preterm birth ranges from 5% to 18% of babies born across 184 countries (WHO, 2015).

Tremendous advances in detection and treatment mean that most patients now survive to adulthood, many into their 50s and 60s and beyond. Some patients lead fairly normal lives, attending school and work with only occasional pain episodes and only slowly progressive organ damage.

Annie Coffey is a 72 year old woman that has developed a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) due to reduced mobility while on bed rest. This assignment will discuss the signs, symptoms, prevention and management of a DVT and the use of warfarin as long term treatment. The assignment will explain what a DVT is and discuss its potential implications. The nurse’s role in the prevention of DVTs will be discussed in detail as well as the nursing management of Annie. The importance of patient education will be highlighted throughout the assignment and important discharge advice while on warfarin will be explained.

This particular case study involves a 29 year old obstetric patient who presented to the labor and delivery unit at 33 weeks gestation with complaints of abdominal pain for the past three days that had become more severe and absence of fetal movement noted since the previous evening. Her obstetric history revealed she has one living child and has had one previous miscarriage at ten weeks

An electronic review of literature was conducted through PubMed, Clinicalkey, and MEDLINE OVID databases. Key words and phrases searched included ‘fast track’, ‘cardiac surgery’, ‘length of stay’, ‘intensive care unit’, and ‘protocols’. The evidence in the articles were evaluated and examined in the attached table. The evidence was also categorized for quality using the Grade model rating from A to D.

The patient must understand that CAD may play a role in the progression of heart failure and could lead to cardiac ischemia or infarction. The dilated cardiomyopathy is affecting to contractility of his heart making it weaker, which lead to heart failure. Also, this can lead to arrhythmias and the formation of blood clots in the heart. Surgical intervention such as cardiac catherization or placement of a pacemaker/defibilator may be necessary if noncompliance

A memorable event that happened to me was giving an SVN treatment to my patient. This event stood out to me because it was the first time I gave a SVN treatment. I was to give a SVN treatment to a patient who is paraplegic from the waist down. Ashley was my preceptor and she allowed me to work independently. She briefly walked me over what I needed to do and then I took it from there.

Short or long length of time- overall the ordeal lasted around a year. From the very first symptoms to him finally recovering took around a year and a half

In 2013, 289 000 women died during pregnancy and childbirth and it was estimated that everyday 800 women all over the world died from childbirth or childbirth-related problems (World Health Organization, 2014). Often, maternal mortality is found to occur more often in developing countries than developed countries. Maternal mortality refers women who died from the situation like during pregnancy, termination of pregnancy within 42 days, regardless of duration and place of pregnancy, from aggravation caused by the pregnancy or pregnancy management (Nwagha et al, 2010). Maternal mortality may be resulted from direct or indirect cause. Direct causes are from obstetric complications of pregnancy, labour, and puerperium, and interventions whereas indirect causes are from the worsening of current conditions by pregnancy or delivery (Givewell, 2009). This paper aims to examine the causes for maternal mortality in both developed and developing countries and will end with a proposal for government to ensure women are given reproductive health rights.

Pregnancy is normally the best and the happiest stage of any woman, but it can also be uncertain because anything can go wrong if you do not know exactly what to do. In order to understand the reasons of why Preterm Birth occurs, it is important to know what it is and how risky it can be. Preterm Birth is also known as Premature labor which mainly begins after “20 weeks but before 37 completed week’s gestations. Approximately 12.9 million babies worldwide are born too early every year representing an incidence of PTB of 9.6%” (Berghella, pp. 2, 8). Baby Center Medical Advisory Board says that about 12 percent of babies

The sign and symptoms of PPH include; the apparent excessive bleeding, hematocrit-reduction of the number of red blood cells, reduced blood pressure, development of symptoms of shock and anaemia, and severe pain and swelling of tissues and muscles of the vagina, vulva, pelvic and perineum (Simpson & Creehan, 2008). Besides, Ricci & Kyle (2009) avow that there are different factors that place a mother at risk for PPH, and they comprise; prolonged first, second or third stage of labour, previous history of PPH, foetal macrosomia, uterine infection, arrest of descent and multiple gestation. Other risk factors may include; mediolateral episiotomy, coagulation abnormalities, maternal hypertension, maternal exhaustion, malnutrition or anaemia, preeclampsia, precipitous birth, polyhydramnios and previous placenta previa (Ricci & Kyle, 2009).

This woman was invited to the maternity assessment unit due to spontaneous rupture of membranes. This is her first birth in this country as her other 3 children were born in India- All normal vaginal deliveries. Although, her antenatal period had been low risk, she had not had a recent enough full blood count (FBC) taken, which would put her at risk of having a low Hb level and due to her parity – she could also be at risk of a postpartum hemorrhage (Royal college of obstetricians & gynaecologists, 2009). Therefore, the decision was made to put her on delivery suite rather than in the low risk birth centre.