Nur 5461 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

dysphagia - Subjective sebsation of difficulty swallowing⚫ May be due to physiological or anatomical abnormalities along any portion of the esophagus, including the upper and lower sphincters ⚫ An alarm symptom that must prompt evaluation and should never be attributed to normal aging without an appropriate evaluation Dysphagia Types - oropharyngeal (above the esophagus) and esophageal-->most common is achalasia-disorder of esophageal nerves preventing food movement. Structural ...

Cancer - 58% of all cases of cancer occur in people over 65 - Women over 65 have 61- 78% of lung and colon cancers Between ages 20-60 incidence of cancers is about the same in both genders; after age 60 aaa cancer rates increase for men-- 70% higher In patients over 65 years - Women get colon, pancreas and gastric cancers most often - Men get prostate, colon and bladder cancer most often Second Tumors - - XRT for Hodgkin's disease may result in subsequent lung or breast cancer in the tr...

Gastroenteritis - caused by bacterial food toxins in food- "food poisoning" In healthy adults—the s/sx usually self-limited CDC says that 1 in 6 Americans affected q yr. Can be acute or chronic (food allergy) The most common players - —**Norovirus (1/3), Hep A, Rotavirus most common V nontyphoid Salmonella, Clostridium perfringens, Campylobacter, Staphylococcus aureus, Toxoplasma gondii, Listeria monocytogenes, Yersinia, and ***Shiga toxin-producing E. coli [aka know as STEC E. ...

Pernicious anemia - lack of intrinsic factor, decreased b12 Pernicious anemia s/s - beefy red tongue, fatigue, paresthesia of hands/feet, fatigue macrocytic anemias - Pernicious anemia, folate deficiency anemia >103mm causes of macrocytic anemias - liver disease, low b12 or folate, gastrectomy, malabsorption, alcoholics microcytic anemia - iron deficiency, anemia of chronic disease late stage, lead poisoning, thalassemias,, occult blood in stool, menorrhagia, <87mm normocytic anem...

Assessment _______40% Medical Diagnoses with ICD-10 codes  Sore throat, J02.9  Body Aches, R52  Fever, R50.9  Hx of Cocaine use, F14.10  Cervical Lymphadenopathy, R59.1  Splenomegaly, R16.1  Fatigue, R53  Malaise, R53 Differential Diagnoses with ICD-10 codes Rule out #1: Mononucleosis, B27.8 Rule out #2: Pharyngitis, J02.9 Rule out #3: Gonorrhea, A54.9 Rule out #4: HIV, B20 Rule out #5: Alcoholism, F10.20 Rule out #6: Lymphoma, C81.00 Rule out #7: Strep T...

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