Essays on Blood Page 4

Certain animals lack lungs and cannot survive in environments with inadequate lung function. Instead, these creatures rely on gills to obtain oxygen from water. It is noteworthy that the amount of oxygen present in water is just 1/20th of that found in the equivalent volume of air. Gills greatly increase the area available for gas…

History, Lab Data The 39 year old white male came into the University Hospital on February 25, 1971.  He stated that he was fine up until three months ago until he had a dull achy pain across his chest.  Four weeks later, he had a sharp pain on his left side, despite it previously improving…

Senator Pinochet has a complex medical history, but the main active medical problems at present are diabetic peripheral neuropathy and recently progressive cerebrovascular brain damage. The diabetic neuropathology is contributing to difficulties in walking and to the observed tendency to postural hypertension. The diabetes will also have predisposed to arterial disease as will a past…

This paper will cover my experience while in the cardiac categorization lab during clinical rotations. A 67 year old Caucasian male was emitted for emergent angioplasty with intrapulmonary Steen placement for occlusive myocardial infarction resulting in carcinogenic shock. My paper will detail the medical diagnosis and nursing management of carcinogenic shock. Medical Diagnosis Carcinogenic shock…