Such fluid overload is physiologically undesirable and participates in the pathogenesis of several clinically important complications. Fluid overload can be partly prevented with the use of diuretics. However, in many patients, diuretics do not achieve sufficient sodium and water diuresis. In these ...
Patient Priorities for Living Well: a Focus on Life Participation CKD, its associated symptoms, and its treatment, including medications, dietary and fluid restrictions, and kidney replacement therapy can disrupt and constrain daily living, and impair the overall quality of life of patients and their...
Thus, RRT may have been used for fluid overload, increased urea and creatinine concentrations, electrolyte abnormalities, severe acidosis, and any combination of these. Another limitation is the lack of pre-admission data regarding the length of oliguria prior to ICU admission or the underlying ...
“We do a lot of teaching through medical play, and this can be done at very early ages,” said Beth Donegan Driscoll, MS, CCLS, Director of Child Life Services at Boston Children’s. “We take out a doctor's kit and expose the child to a play doctor's kit. This hel...
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Moreover, cri- teria for RRT were not pre-defined due to the study design. Thus, RRT may have been used for fluid overload, increased urea and creatinine concentrations, electrolyte abnormalities, severe acidosis, and any com- bination of these. Another limitation is the lack of pre- ...
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Which of the following statements, if made by a mother to the nurse, indicates that further teaching is necessary? 1. "I should have a bottle of Ipecac for each of my children." 2. "I should induce vomiting if my child swallows lighter fluid." 3. "Giving my child water or milk may...
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