Thrombus

wall and begins to circulate in the blood stream, it becomes an embolus (McCance, Huether, Brashers & Rote, 2010). This embolus can become lodged in smaller blood vessels, blocking blood flow to the local tissue. Common conditions for an embolus or thrombus blocking vital blood flow that patients can relate to, are heart attack and stroke. Factor V Leiden is the most common inherited form of thrombophilia (Stammers, Dorion, Trowbridge, Yen, Klayman, Murdock & Gilbert, 2005). Between 3 and 8 percent

Venous Thromboembolism Venous thromboembolism (VTE), including both deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), is reognised as the leading cause of preventable in-hospital mortality. DVT is the formation of blood clots in a deep vein- usually the large veins in the leg or pelvis. The most serious complication of a DVT is that the clot could dislodge and travel to the lungs, becoming a life-threatening blood clot in the lungs, pulmonary embolism. When a blood clot breaks loose and travels

intra-aneurysmal thrombosis. If thrombosis does not happen immediately, coils also most likely enforce critical protection against re-hemorrhage by reducing blood pulsations inside the aneurysm and sealing the weak portion of the blood vessel’s wall. Eventually thrombus will build within the aneurysm and the aneurysm is excluded from the parent blood vessel by a layer of connective tissue. This has been successfully demonstrated in experimental dog models that were effective in producing thrombosis of the aneurysm

1. What is Hospital Compare? Hospital compare is a tool that is part of the CMS Hospital Quality Initiative and has information about the quality of care that is provided to its consumers. There are more than 4,000 Medicare hospitals throughout the country that use this tool. This initiative was developed to assure quality health care for consumers through the use of public disclosure as well as accountability of healthcare staff. It is intended to allow consumers to make better decisions about what

After having a stroke the most common impairments are weakness on one side of the body, joint pain, muscle stiffness or spasms spasticity, problems with sense of touch or ability to feel different temperatures, pain, numbness, tingling in your limbs, and trouble with starting or coordinating body movements, also known as apraxia. When I had my stroke my cognitive processes and emotions caused the other problems that I encountered; these were speech and language problems, memory and cognitive problems

I never really thought about the emotional aftermath of a car wreck, that is until last November. A few questions that statement would bring up is “what happened last November?” “How could a car wreck change your emotional outlook?” It is a very simple result that came from a not so simple event. It all began early November during my senior year, after school my mom and I decided to take my grandmother to the doctor to take care of an ingrown toenail. We stayed at her house for about an hour before

Analysis of Blackberry Picking by Seamus Heaney Once the reader can passes up the surface meaning of the poem Blackberry-Picking, by Seamus Heaney, past the emotional switch from sheer joy to utter disappointment, past the childhood memories, the underlying meaning can be quite disturbing. Hidden deep within the happy-go-lucky rifts of childhood is a disturbing tale of greed and murder. Seamus Heaney, through clever diction, ghastly imagery, misguided metaphors and abruptly changing forms, ingeniously

"The belief that birth control pills are safe comes from more than 40 years of continuous brainwashing by the pharmaceutical industry to both physicians and the public. We are victims of misinformation and dangerous practices," says Dr. Erika Schwartz. Most people do not realize how bad it and all of the harm it can cause your body. Ironically, I personally got the bad side effects from being on birth control. After all, it is something people do not normally think about when deciding to take

Upon completion of the requirements necessary to finish section one of the Finding Meaning, Joy and Happiness Project, I was pleasantly surprised at how easy tracking my daily habits became. Between the fitness log, eating log, and sleep log, I found it the most tedious to keep up with every workout I did. However, once I got into the mindset of tracking these three areas every day, it became increasingly easier to remember. The genetics/risk taking table also helped me to pinpoint potential risks

In the health care system, a multitude of errors occurs on a daily basis. Doctors, nurses, orderly’s, etc., everyone in health care settings has responsibilities that warrant careful attention. This was exhibited in the case study titled ‘An Extended Stay’. In this case study, we are introduced to a middle-aged man in his 60s named Mr. Stanley Londborg. He presented with several health conditions, including a seizure disorder, hypertension (also known as high blood pressure), and Chronic Obstructive