Doctors have determined that Harold is anemic. Describe this condition. What are the primary pieces of evidence from the CBC that point to this diagnosis?
This paper is based on an assessment of a patient. The assessment underlines the nutritional health status of the patient, by indicating that he is malnourished. This patient has few chronic diseases including hypertension, pernicious anemia, and depression. The mini nutritional assessment finding, labs, and interventions will be further discussed.
My patient, MG was a 72-year-old female who came to the emergency department because of a fall in her bathroom. Her admitting diagnosis was a right hip fracture. Other concurrent health challenges she had were: hypertension (HTN), high cholesterol, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and chronic kidney disease (CKD). MG was a full code status with no known food or drug allergies. They surgery she had undergone was a right hip cannulated screw. My patient contributed in care and believed that partaking as much as possible will get her healthy and home sooner. Also, she believed in independence and doing things on her own if capable. After working with MG, I attained a great amount of knowledge in knowing: the
The patient is a 53 year old male who presented to the ED via EMS intoxicated and reporting suicidal thoughts. The patient denies homicidal ideations and symptoms of psychosis. The patient endorses depressive symptoms including: tearfulness, isolation, and insomnia.
It can cause Excessive sweating, excessive urination, bloated feeling, nausea and a lot of other stuff that really sucks.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a degenerative neuromuscular disorder that affects the motor neurons of the spinal cord and brain. Due to degeneration or destruction of the motor neurons, muscles throughout the body begin to become weak and waste away to the point that an individual has no muscle movement. In most cases, due to having muscle strength, a patient with ALS will succumb to their disease because of respiratory failure or dehydration and malnutrition. It is a progressive disease with a prognosis of 3 to 5 years after initial diagnosis. There is no cure for the disease as of now. This paper will discuss a more in depth look into the symptoms, diagnosis process, treatment options, medications, prognosis, and ongoing research.
This is a 25 year old African American male who is here because he is experiencing burning secsation with urination, and irritation at the penus. Patient is also requesting stuture removed form his right hand. difficulty with Patient denies chest pain, SOB, N/V/D, or fever. Patient denies depressive moods, thoughts of suicide or homicide. current pain
This was a Reconsideration- Disability Hearing Unit (DHU) case, stated his medical condition was worse than ever before.
He has a large area on the palmar side of his left arm with erythematous papules as well as large vesicular and almost bulla appearing lesions. Many of the areas in a linear configuration. The base of that appears to be erythematous. There is a small amount of swelling, as well. He has 2+ radial pulses, normal sensation throughout his hands, grossly. Less than two second cap refill. No swelling of the hand or the wrist itself. He also has several papules and one vesicular lesion on his upper abdomen and chest wall. Nothing on the right arm.
I have left him multiple messages and have called a couple of times only to have the phone disconnected while I am starting to talk to him. I have been concerned in the past about some macrocytosis on the CBC, as well as elevated liver function testing and he is here today to discuss that as well. His GGT shows mild improvement from 145 to 139. High of a normal is 85. CBC still shows a macrocytosis with a MCV of 108, MCH of 36.4, down from 110 and 37.5. He does have a slight elevation in his total bilirubin is 0.3. Other liver function testing is normal. He has previously had a liver ultrasound back in October of 2014, showing hepatic steatosis, otherwise negative abdominal ultrasound. He has previously has declined evaluation by gastroenterology or hematology and he is still not sure that he wants to do that. He is not having any belly pain. No jaundice. He tells me he is eating and drinking. His weight is down from his last, visit six pounds from July. However, up from his first visit with me back in the fall of 2014, up five
"I thought I would die," says Kim Pace who for six months lost more than 30 kilograms, and until then the normal body structure.
The patient is an 84-year-old female who had a history of a fall approximately 2 weeks ago. She was seen in the ED at St. Joseph 's in Wayne at which time she had right hip and pelvic x-rays and also a CT of the of the hip. There was some question as to whether she had developed a fracture or dislocation of a previous hip prosthesis. The patient was in excruciating pain and was having difficulty ambulating. Her medical history is significant for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, Alzheimer 's disease, right hip fracture surgery back in January 2014. The patient is described as being forgetful and confused and she has tenderness over the right hip. The hip x-ray done at St. Joe 's reveals a possible dislocation. CT of the right hip shows
D-The patient missed Orientation II and reports she was stuck in traffic. This writer informed the patient about calling the clinic to inform the facilitator that she was running late; howevfer, the patient reports that her boyfirend as her phone as why she was unable to call. The patient signed treatment contract due to the missed Orientation and also, non-compliance with UDS testing. The patient and this writer agreed to completed Orientation II on Thursdays whereas this writer completed Orientation I as it pertains to the policy and procedure of the clinic-importance of attending all scheduled appointment, i.e. medical and individual sessions, daily dosing, hold list, Breathalyer, notifying Nursing regards to prescription medication and patient 's to notify PCP about their
The CT scan of her chest, abdomen and pelvis did not reveal any cause for her night sweats but did reveal the presence of mild, mid and upper lung paraseptal emphysema with some non-specific scarring in the basal segment of the right lower lobe basal lingula and anterior basal left lower lobe. There were multiple scattered small irregular cysts elsewhere throughout the lung. Alongside this, there were also two small pulmonary nodules in the right middle lobe and right lower lobe which were 3mm.
Today I will be telling you about the daily life struggles of having gastric cancer. I will explain what patients encounter from day to day living with this illness. I will speak on the background and tests doctors will run to determine if a patient has gastric cancer. Also some symptoms a patient may experience before getting diagnosed with the cancer. Last I will be giving some facts and treaIf you’re having difficulty digesting food, an increase loss of appetite that’s noticeable can be symptoms of stomach cancer. As the cancer progresses in a patient they may also experience hematochezia, frequent emesis, jaundice, dysphagia, anorexia, dyspepsia, and irritable bowel syndrome. It is best for a patient to see a doctor right away if experiencing