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Adult Female Written Assessment by Kimberley E. Registered Nurse

Posted Mon 18 May 2009 11:22pm Recently I wanted to give my students a good example of a complete head to toe assessment of an OB patient but was unable to find one on the internet so I typed one up. I would like some help with critique please leave comments to make this a better assessment I am going to work on more assessments for males and females in different age groups. I ... Read on »

The background before I begin by DofC Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:05pm My mom couldn’t feel the side of her face for a couple minutes and went to the ER in April 2007 on the evening before her 55th birthday. Several days later, she was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a (terminal) form of brain cancer. My first thoughts were of Marnie Rose, a young pediatrician who I knew from Hillel in Houston who had died at 27 ... Read on »

My mom couldn’t feel the s ... by DofC Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:05pm My mom couldn’t feel the side of her face for a couple minutes and went to the ER in April 2007 on the evening before her 55th birthday. Several days later, she was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a (terminal) form of brain cancer. My first thoughts were of Marnie Rose, a young pediatrician who I knew from Hillel in Houston who had died at 27 (s ... Read on »

Caution: Very Negative Venting Ahead by Nurse Lochia .. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 15 Jan 2009 7:51pm So I had a not so good night. Started out with bickering on the home front, then while getting gas for $4.11 per gallon on my way to work a short burst of pouring rain soaked me. Then driving a car that desperately needs new wiper blades is annoying in the rain, which luckily only lasted a short while. Then after arriving at work, I find I have t ... Read on »

ST depression, hypertension, pulmonary edema -- what was the inciting factor? by Stephen Smith Posted Sat 07 Nov 2009 9:46am This patient, with a history of CVA and hypertension, presented with a two hour onset of pulmonary edema and chest pressure, severely elevated blood pressure, and very tachycardic. His prehospital BP was 280/150, and it was 230/150 in the ED. He had not been taking his antihypertensives He was speaking in 1-2 word sentences and had diffuse rales ... Read on »

Diabetes and DKA - Bad News for the United Kingdom's NHS (and the BBC) by Elizabeth S. Posted Mon 08 Feb 2010 12:00am Today, the BBC reported "a shocking number of children being rushed to hospital each year with potentially fatal complications of diabetes" in an article entitled "Better child-diabetes care urged." The complication at issue here is Diabetic Ketoacidosis or DKA (which develops when you have too little insulin in you blo ... Read on »

New Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Data Show Efficacy of SIMPONI® in Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis by Health: Hearsay & Headlines Posted Mon 08 Nov 2010 12:00am /PRNewswire/ -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) analyses from two Phase 3 clinical trials showed that once every four week subcutaneous injections of SIMPONI® (golimumab) 50 mg plus methotrexate resulted in statistically significant improvements in markers of inflammation and structural damage in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) ... Read on »

Study Confirms New Treatment for Diabetic Macular Edema by nih.gov Posted Mon 10 May 2010 7:55am Researchers have found that eye injections of a medication, in combination with laser treatment, result in better vision than laser treatment alone for diabetes-associated swelling of the retina. In diabetic macular edema, leaky blood vessels in the ... Read on »

Iluvien and the Future of Ophthalmic Drug Delivery Systems by Irv Arons Healthy Living Professional

Posted Tue 27 Jul 2010 10:50am I was recently sent a news release from Alimera Sciences, who have filed an NDA requesting priority review for its Iluvien sustained release drug delivery system for treating diabetic macula edema, which if granted could result in an action letter granting approval for marketing before the end of this year. This got me thinking that I ... Read on »

Combination of Lucentis Plus Pan-Retinal Laser Achieves Vision Gain in Diabetic Macular Edema by Irv Arons Healthy Living Professional

Posted Tue 27 Apr 2010 10:32am A news release from the NEI/NIH describes how researchers have shown that the combination of retinal lasers used with Lucentis are more effective in improving vision in the treatment of diabetic retinopathy that either lasers or drugs alone. The study’s one-year results were published today in Ophthalmology. Comparative-Effectiveness Study ... Read on »