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Prerenal Acute Kidney Injury Pathophysiology The human body has paired kidneys at the back of the abdominal wall. The kidneys play an important role in filtering blood, removing wastes and maintaining the body’s electrolyte and fluid balance by means of creating urine. Kidneys also play a crucial duty in producing red blood cells and regulating blood pressure by the secretion of hormones (Huether & McCance, 2012). Kidney function is vital for life and the disruption of function could be detrimental

Treatments of myasthenia gravis Introduction Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease which is related to a progressive inability to exert maintained or repeated contraction of striated muscles. B lymphocytes produce autoantibodies which act against the post-synaptic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChR). The unusual activity of these B lymphocytes can be explained by the fact that they are not properly controlled by T lymphocytes due to a disorder present in the thymus gland (Xiu, Horton-Szar

Bioartificial Kidney Introduction One of the ideal treatments for organ failure in most of the cases is an organ transplant, which will help restore the function of the organ. Studies have shown that patient with kidney failure that are on a long-term dialysis have a higher mortality rate than patients with kidney transplants. However, there is a shortage of organ donors worldwide. According to the united network for organ sharing, as of October 30, 2015 there are 101,237 people on the kidney transplant

Sometimes the question about spirituality, and why people believe in it swarms around the minds of today’s society. It never occurred to me about the importance of why people believed in religion or superstition until I entered high school. Growing up Catholic, it felt like a routine to attend mass every Friday and Sunday because that was what everyone I knew did. I was never that interested in any belief of God, let alone any interest in superstition. I always thought that my religious beliefs

Running head: NURSING INTERVENTIONS AND RESEARCH: ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION Nursing Interventions and Research: Erectile Dysfunction Sarah Camp, Lauren Urban, Kaylin Camacho NURSING INTERVENTIONS AND RESEARCH: ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION 2 Nursing Interventions and Research: Erectile Dysfunction Erectile dysfunction (ED), also known as impotence, is a common male sexual dysfunction that typically occurs later in adulthood and is characterized by the inability to

In the field of cardiothoracic surgery, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is commonly performed in adult patients. This is usually performed with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (on pump). But, cardiopulmonary bypass has been suggested to be related to the development of many postoperative complications. Thus, technique of operating on a beating heart (without cardiopulmonary bypass); off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) was developed to decrease such complications related to the use of

Orange county-based Golden Age Hospital (GAH) and Community Clinic (CC) will cost up to $522 million to build its facility of 256 bed capacity and have open its doors to senior patients above the age of 65, and will have only federal Medicare health insurance. GAH and CC would build its facility with different services and treatment. Some of these services that are offered are Outpatient Therapy and Wellness Center, Telehealth, Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Room, Urgent Care and Mental Health.

Pharmacology is an important aspect of the surgical environment. Many different medications are used for a variety of indications at the sterile field; as a surgical technologist you are responsible for verifying and properly labeling all medications included in the surgical procedure. The three medications this paper will focus on are topical thrombin, heparin, and Xylocaine® with epinephrine; all are commonly used during surgical procedures for very different reasons. Topical thrombin, also

An African American baby boy was born at one hospital but transferred to another hospital due to his critical condition. Now two months old, this baby boy’s Chief of Complaint is he was born with Dextrocardia or is also known as Detroversion, Dextroposition or Dextrorotation. He is 51 cm long and weighs 5.11 kg and for long-term care he was trached on 10/16/14. This baby boy was also born with HLHS (Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome). This patient is suspected of having CF but further tests need

B.M. Bass developed a study in 1985 on leadership in the western world which focused on western leaders and how they influenced their subordinates. What he found was that leaders across organizations shared similar attributes. He referred to this style as “transformational leadership”. Through this style, leaders “inspire followers to transcend self-interest for the good of the organization and can have an extraordinary effect on their followers” (Robbins & Judges, 2012:188). Bass discovered that