Manifestations of_____
Decreased urinary output, decreased serum sodium, and increased urine specific gravity
Encourage a diet high in sodium
What is an intervention for Addison's Disease?
Dry mucous membranes, increased pulse, postural hypotension, seizures and irritability, confusion, personality changes
What is hyponatremia?
What are signs and symptoms of renal transplant rejection?
Predisposed to bleeding and infection, due to a decrease in all blood cell types ( WBC, RBC and Platelets)
What disorder am I?
Aplastic anemia
Decreased urinary output, dyspnea, abdominal cramps, cerebral edema, hyponatremia
What is SIADH?
Assess lung sounds, assess skin turgor, monitor intake and output, and daily weights.
What is fluid volume excess?
hyperparathyroidism, excess dairy intake, prolonged immobilization, cancer with bone metastases.
What electrolyte imbalance am I?
Hypercalcemia
Bence jones protein in the urine, decreased hgb, hct and rbcs
What are manifestations of multiple myeloma?
The following are risk factors for a disorder:
acute leukemia, metastatic cancer, transplant rejections, infections.
What is DIC?
Moon face, buffalo hump, acne, hirsutism, and red cheeks
Manifestations of Cushings
Ask simple questions, assist client from unaffected side, teach communication techniques and employing assistive devices
Paresthesia's, decreased reflexes, muscle weakness, mental confusion, cardiac rhythm irregularities
What is hypokalemia?
Pain relieved with rest
What is intermittent claudication?
Ultrasound, MRI, CT, Pet scan, Fine needle aspiration/biopsy
Diagnostics for thyroid cancer
Severe osmotic diuresis, hyperglycemia, and fluid volume deificit
What is HHS?
Encourage rest, decrease stress, patient teaching on daily glucocorticoid replacement
What are interventions for Addison's disease
High phosphate level, Vit D deficiency, Chronic alcohol use, Renal insufficiency
What are causes of hypocalcemia?
What are interventions for Raynauds?
Frequent suctioning, airway management, monitor for hemorrhage and vital signs
Monitoring a patient after a laryngectomy
Diffuse osteoporosis, polyuria, confusion, pain in pelvis, spine and ribs
What are s/sx of multiple meyloma?
Low dose aspirin, hydration therapy, SCD's and phlebotomy
What are interventions for polycythemia vera?
Walking daily
What is a intervention for PAD?
Pain, pallor, pulselessness, poikilothermic, hairless, paresthesia's
What are manifestations of PAD?
SSRI's, Betablockers, analgesics, muscle relaxants, and triptans
What are preventative and abortive treatments for migraines?
What are manifestations of cluster headaches?
Place client in high fowlers, incentive spirometer, gentle suction, monitor vital signs, monitor for hemorrhage
What are interventions following a radical neck dissection?
Elastic stockings, venoactive drugs, sclerotherapy and laser treatment
Prevalent in young male smokers?
What is Buergers disease?
Thyroid replacement ( levothyroxine), and no sedatives