Urology
This condition, more common in women than men, can have a wide range of symptoms from pain to delirium.
What is a UTI?
This blood test looks at values related to the proponents of whole blood including hemoglobin and WBC count.
What is a CBC?
A patient with this form of cancer, exclusively seen in males, might experience trouble urinating, lower back pain, or hematuria.
What is prostate cancer?
This condition is characterized by decreased gastric motility leading to constipation and intense abdominal pain.
What is an ileus?
This condition can present in either subtle or obvious ways, with some possible symptoms of unilateral weakness or blurred vision.
What is a CVA?
This conglomeration of an artery and a vein is often associated with a patient needing routine dialysis.
What is a fistula?
A patient with iron deficiency anemia taking iron supplements is often instructed to take this drink with it to help boost absorption rates.
What is tomato juice or orange juice?
A patient receiving this form of therapy might experience fatigue, GI distress, and generalized hair loss.
What is chemotherapy
A patient with a hiatal hernia and frequent use of proton pump inhibitors likely deals with what condition?
What is GERD?
This condition gets progressively worse over time and is characterized by shaky movement and worsening memory/cognition.
What is Parkinson's disease?
This medical device is often the first intervention when dealing with a patient who is unable to void appropriately.
What is an indwelling urinary catheter or foley?
What is sickle cell anemia?
The frequency at which a 63 year-old woman with negative family history should get a mammogram.
What is every other year?
This bacterial condition is more common in the elderly and those on antibiotics, it is characterized by frequent liquid/runny stools and is one of the most common healthcare associated infections in the world.
What is clostridium difficile (C-diff)?
A person with this disorder is at risk for headaches, shaking, anxiety, and even seizures when they are no longer consuming certain products or substances.
What is alcohol use disorder?
An increase of these two values above a normal range is often indicative of kidney dysfunction or damage.
What are BUN and Creatnine?
The action warranted when a patient begins to complain of anxiety, racing heart, and feeling flushed while receiving blood or blood products.
What is stopping the transfusion?
A patient receiving this form of therapy may experience fatigue, burning sensations, and localized hair loss.
What is radiation therapy?
A patient with frequent liquid stools should be placed on this type of precaution to prevent the spread.
What are contact precautions?
When talking to someone with a later stage of this condition, it is better to allow them to live in their reality of things rather than reorienting them to the truth that may hurt them.
What is dementia?
What is polycystic kidney disease?
This condition is marked by clotting in the peripheral, smaller vasculature that leaves the primary vessels without proper proteins to clot appropriately.
What is Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
What is HER2?
This condition causes one's own immune system to attack the villi in the intestines in response to coming into contact with a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye.
What is Celiac Disease?
This debilitating condition starts peripherally and slowly works its way centrally, often leaving those who suffer from it stuck in wheelchairs and unable to speak.
What is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)?