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Nursing diagnosis Diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus is a disorder in which the level of blood glucose is persistently raised above the normal range. Diabetes mellitus is a syndrome with disordered metabolism and inappropriate hyperglycemia due …
Respiratory System
Nursing diagnosis pneumonia. Pneumonia, acute infection of the lung parenchyma that often impairs gas exchange. Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the interstitial lung tissue in which fluid and blood cells escape into the …
Traumatic amputation the accidental loss of a body part usually involves a finger, toe, arm, or leg. In complete amputation, the member is totally severed; in partial amputation, some soft-tissue connection remains. The prognosis for traumatic amputation has improved because of early, improved emergency and critical care management, new surgical techniques, early rehabilitation, prosthesis fitting, and new prosthesis designs. Amputations can be surgical (therapeutic) or traumatic (emergencies resulting from injury).
Appendicitis is an acute inflammation of the vermiform appendix, a narrow, blind tube that extends from the inferior part of the cecum just below the ileocecal valve. Although the appendix has no known function, it does regularly fill and empty itself of food. Appendicitis occurs when the appendix becomes inflamed from ulceration of the mucosa or obstruction of the lumen. If untreated, this disease is fatal.
Myocardial infarction (MI) or acute Myocardial infarction is an acute coronary syndrome, results from reduced blood flow through one or more coronary arteries, which causes myocardial ischemia and necrosis. Myocardial infarction (MI) results when myocardial tissue becomes necrotic because of absent or diminished blood supply. When myocardial tissue is deprived of oxygenated blood supply for a period of time, an area of myocardial necrosis develops, this necrosis is surrounded by injured and ischemic tissue
Acute renal failure is a syndrome of varying causation that results in a sudden decline in renal function. It is frequently associated with an increase in BUN and creatinine, oliguria, hyperkalemia, and sodium retention
Common nursing diagnosis found in Nursing care plans for Hypertension; Deficient Knowledge, Ineffective Therapeutic Regimen Management, Deficient knowledge (lifestyle modifications), Fatigue, Ineffective coping, Ineffective tissue perfusion: Cardiopulmonary, Noncompliance: Therapeutic regimen, Risk for injury
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