Cigarette smoking highly boosts the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), and the associated risk is particularly high in subjects with diabetes mellitus (DM) (Mühlhauser, 1994). The prevalence of smoking worldwide is one and quarter billion adult smokers, 10% of them reside within South East Asian countries. Smoking prevalence in these countries is a range…
Issues Of Holistic Care Wound Management And Healing
“Ulceration of the lower limb has been an affliction of the human race since the time of Hippocrates, it is almost certainly the price we pay for having emerged from the ocean and learnt to stand erect” Burnand (1990). United Kingdom leg ulcer management is largely nurse-led. Cornwall et al (1986) report that It is…
Identifying Risks and Errors to ensure Patient safety
Nurse is responsible to provide best care services to the patients with in its job role. Medical care should be without errors. However, there are various incidences of errors and negligence. Facts have proved that errors happen more frequently where nurses intend to help patients instead of harm them. Only nurses cannot be blamed for…
Methods for Postoperative Hypothermia Rewarming
Lauren E. Boyd and Letitia Hedges Abstract Perioperative hypothermia has the potential for multiple adverse effects and must be taken seriously to effectively treat and prevent harm to surgical patients. This review’s objective focuses primarily on postoperative hypothermia and the specific interventions needed for rewarming or raising core body temperature within the normal range. The…
Ethical Decision Making in Smoking Cessation
According to University of California, School of Medicine (2010), Autonomy is the “personal rule of the self that is free from both controlling interferences by others and from personal limitations that prevent meaningful choice.” Although Mrs. Cheng is a cancer patient with only one month to live, nowhere is mentioned that she could be of…
Implications of Traumatic Brain Injuries in Children and Adolescents
Introduction The CDC defines a traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a disruption in the normal function of the brain that can be caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head, or penetrating head injury. An injury to the brain may produce a diminished or altered state of consciousness, which results in an impairment…
Breastfeeding: Advantages and Disadvantages
This essay is potentially vast in its scope as the advantages and disadvantages of breastfeeding can vary enormously depending on which authority one chooses to consult. (1) We shall therefore take an overview and present the generally accepted arguments in this area. There is a substantial evidence base for the benefits of breastfeeding for not…
Radiation Exposure In Intraoral Radiography Health And Social Care Essay
Dental radiography is one of the most frequent types of radiological procedures performed. One of the projections that have been done in the dental radiography is the intraoral radiography, which means the film is put inside the patient’s mouth. The intraoral can be divided into four, which are bitewing view, periapical view, occlusal view and…
The Role Of The Radiographer Health And Social Care Essay
While radiography got its start in the 19th century, the profession of radiography in more recent years has emerged into an ever expanding field of high technology. Radiography is a relatively new health profession that has developed expansively over recent years. Advances that have resulted from an augmented use of computer technology within healthcare and…
Pathophysiology Of Dvt Formation Health And Social Care Essay
DVT is the result of a number of factors that include stasis of blood, endothelial injury and hypercoagulability of blood. PE is a major complication of DVT and occurs when a thrombus or blood clot detaches itself and is carried by the blood stream to the lungs. [J32] Proximal DVT carries a higher risk of…