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Severe midepigastric pain afrequently acute in onset, occurring 24 to 48 h
after a very heavy meal or alcohol ingestion
Acute Pancreatitis Symptoms
may be diffuse and difficult to localize.
generally more severe after meals and is unrelieved by antacids.
Acute Renal Failure Priority Fluid & Electrolyte Imbalances
Stop drinking alcohol
Alcoholic Hepatitis Teaching
Sodium restriction
rapid onset of severe dyspnea that usually occurs less than 72 hours after t
ARDS Symptoms precipitating event. Arterial hypoxemia that does not respond to suppleme
oxygen.
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Vital signs
Calculation of pulse pressure and identification of pulsus paradoxus
Weight gain/ loss
Detection by palpation of the point of maximal impulse, often shifted to th
Cardiac auscultation for a systolic murmur and S3 and S4 heart sounds
Assessment of Cardiomyopathy Pulmonary auscultation for crackles
Measurement of jugular vein distention
Assessment of edema and its severity
Improve cardiac output & peripheral blood flow
Increase activity tolerance and improve gas exchange
begins in the SA node
· rate: 60 to 100 bpm
· rhythm: Regular
Describe a Normal Sinus Rhythm · QRS shape and duration: Usually normal, but may be regularly abnormal
· P wave: Normal and consistent shape; always in front of the QRS
· PR interval: Consistent interval between 0.12 and 0.20 seconds
· P:QRS ratio: 1:1
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Counsel parents on controlling fever
discuss how to keep a child safe during a seizure
provide instruction and demonstration in the administration of rectal diaze
at the onset of a seizure
Febrile Seizure Teaching
Instruct parents when to call their physician
when to take their child to the emergency room.
Reinforce that any recurrent seizure activity will require prompt medical
attention.
The primary goal =prevent bleeding.
Hemophilia Safety best accomplished by instructing the child to avoid activities with a high
potential for injury
Long-term inflammation and colon ulcers = weakened intestinal wall.
How can IBD (inflammatory bowel
Over time, developes into a perforation = bacteria and leakage into abdom
disease) lead to Peritonitis
= peritonitis.
How does Addison's Disease effect Hypoglycemia
Blood Sugar
A neurogenic bladder results in urinary retention or leakage.
How does Multiple Sclerosis relate to The patient may describe a sensation of bladder fullness or incomplete bla
Urinary Retention? emptying. The pharmacological treatment of urinary retention is administra
of a cholinergic agonist