evaluate the effectiveness of health and social care practitioners and agencies working together to deliver the care pathway for one of the chosen physiological disorders

For my health project topic I chose Diabetes. One of my aunts has type one diabetes, and that is partially why I chose to do this topic. Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases in which the person has high blood glucose (blood sugar) because of varying reasons. Some of these reasons include insulin production is inadequate or because the body’s cells don’t respond properly to insulin, or both. Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas that regulates the amount of glucose in the blood. Basically it is a hormone needed to allow sugar (glucose) to enter cells to produce energy. The lack of insulin causes a form of diabetes. Diabetes is a long term condition that causes high blood sugar levels. People with high blood sugar have frequent urination (Polyuria) and become increasingly thirsty and hungry (Polydipsia and Polyphagia). There are three types of diabetes, Type 1, Type 2, and Gestational Diabetes. Type 1 is when the body does not produce insulin. Type 2 is when the body does not produce enough insulin for proper function. Finally, Gestational Diabetes may effect females during pregnancy.

Check for normal breathing, taking no more than 10 seconds: Look for chest motion, listen for breath sounds, and

Diagnosing the disease can be relatively simple, but this depends on accurate patient history and ones ability to recognize varied clinical signs and then perform diagnostic procedures. These diagnostic procedures may include antigen testing, x-rays, ultrasonography, angiography, a complete blood count, the Knott’s or Filter test, and in the worst case necropsy.

Heart: has regular rhythm and rate, with no clubbing, cyanosis, or edema of the extremities.

Some further tests that can be done are a Computed tomography scan (CT), Magnetic resonance imaging of the heart (MRI), by taking an X-ray which may show an enlarged heart, abnormal structure and arrangement of the abdominal organs and an Echocardiogram or Ultrasound of the heart.

Patient denies chest pain, SOB, N/V/D. Patient is a current tobacco user, denies use of alcohol or illicit

The physician will complete a thorough exam. He/she will listen to the heart and lungs looking for signs of heart failure. Gallops, rapid heartbeats, and murmurs of the heart valves may be heard. The physician will palpate the abdomen to feel if the liver is enlarged. He/she will also check the skin and nail beds on fingers and

“Pulmonary arterial hypertension is defined as a sustained elevation of pulmonary arterial pressure to more than 25 mm Hg at rest or to more than 30 mm Hg with exercise, with a mean pulmonary-capillary wedge pressure and left ventricular end-diastolic pressure of less than 15 mm Hg,” (Faber,

If symptoms are present, then the doctor usually follows up with things like: Chest X-rays, blood tests, a lung biopsy, and even exercise testing to determine how well the lungs move oxygen and carbon dioxide from the blood stream.to confirm for pulmonary fibrosis. The disease can progress slowly or quickly depending on the patient. In some people, the symptoms can stay the same for years, though the general trend is that the person's breathing symptoms become worse over time. Being short of breath even though the patient is resting, indicates that the patient is entering into late stages of the disease. Other symptoms that might be present include: Dry, hacking cough, gradual unintended weight loss, tiredness accompanied by aching joints and muscles as well as clubbing, which is the widening or the rounding of the tips of a person’s fingers or toes.

Specific blood tests also can be an accurate diagnostic tool. A kidney biopsy can also provide accurate results. Chest x-ray, ultrasound, and electrocardiogram can be effectively used (Stevens, 2009).

Nurse Vincent M. Vacca, Jr. aptly described in this issue of the Nursing Journal the significance of early detection and health management of people who are or are maybe suffering from Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. He described PAH as a condition wherein a patient is having a mean pulmonary arterial (PA) pressure of greater than 25 mm

A pulmonary anagram are very rare while testing these days but it was where dye was injected and a clot or clots could be identified on imaging studies. This is considered an invasive test. A CT scan of the chest with angiography can be done. Contrast material (dye) is injected into an intravenous line in the arm while the CT is being taken, and the pulmonary arteries can be visualized. There are some limitations of the test, especially if a pulmonary embolism involves the smaller arteries in the lung it is very important that the contrast material used during the CT angiogram be timed appropriately so that the bolus of dye is not diluted as it travels through the

Pulmonary hypertension in this case likely resulted as a product of the initial pulmonary fibrosis. As the lungs stop working, the pulmonary blood pressure rises, which creates additional work for the right

There is a certain part of the body that is final 2 how the lungs function for them to be able to deliver oxygen and remove carbon dioxide for us to live and this is the pulmonary system. To find out how staple or healthy someone's pulmonary system is doctors can perform tests. One type of test is called the static test, in this test it focuses on the mechanical function of the pulmonary system. The second test is called the dynamic test, in this test refocus on the lungs ability to allow air ventilation. In today's lab we are to focus on the dynamic alone test. We are supposed to find the relationship of the dynamic function of the lungs and it's size.

more specific tests in a pulmonary function lab to see what exactly the problem is.