The range of codes that would be used for Darlene would be Codes 680-709 because Darlene had an infection of her skin due to shards of glass still left in her wound. These codes are for Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues. 2. A 44-year-old male presents to the office complaining of intermittent chest pain. The physician orders an EKG to rule out a possible cardiac event.
She had to be sedated and placed on a ventilator. "Her face changed within four days," Corona told ABC News. "I would wipe her face and all the skin was just falling off." Doctors diagnosed Castanada with Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a rare but serious drug reaction that can occur even when drugs are taken as prescribed
Lastly there is the pneumonic plague, the most infectious type, is an advanced stage of bubonic plague when the disease starts being passed directly, person to person, through airborne droplets coughed from the lungs. (National Geographic, 2001) Symptoms were more than just that however. The plague was quite violent and extremely aggressive (Jones, 1996). An account given was as
We sat patiently waiting to hear from the doctor. When the doctor finally came in, he asked if the patient had had a recent major heart attack and when we replied that he had not, he seemed not to believe us. His heart valve had disintegrated and all of his blood had begun to rush backwards causing all of his other major organs to shut down on him. The doctor said he had to have had a major heart attack within the last ten days in order for that valve to deteriorate the way it did. The doctor told us that this man was as sick as a man could be and still be alive.
Along with previous scenario stated, let’s review another case: A phlebotomist from a contracted lab begins his daily rounds of blood collections for the day in a long term care facility. He enters room 201 to draw a 85-year-old woman who was admitted for atrial fibrillation. When he introduces himself and asks for consent to draw her blood, she shouts, "No!" and asks you to leave and not come back. The patient made it very clear that she did not want the phlebotomist to draw her blood (Finnegan, 2013).This same phlebotomist has drawn her for several days for a Prothrombin Time (PT) and Activated Thromboplastic Time (aPTT) without incident, so he reports this situation to the nurse.
He said that the day of his heart attack he knew something was wrong with him and went to the doctor to get some medication. He thought he would be okay the next day but when he went to a doctor the next morning after trying to sleep the feeling off, the doctor told him he was suffering a massive heart
  James L. Myers Professor Fike World Civilizations 22 July 2012 The Black Death: The Bubonic Plaque of 1300-1400. The Bubonic Plaque, also known as the Black Death has had a profound effect on human history since the ancient times. The Black Death is a highly contagious disease that causes death within one to three days of contracting it, depending on which type a person has. It can be air born or can spread to humans through fleas that have bitten black rats that are infected with the Bubonic Plaque. When a human comes in contact with the fleas and rats that are infected and are bitten by these infected animals, they also become infected.
Cappitelli asked Keyworth if he would find out if Kellerman was on any medications. Keyworth checked the medical report. The answer was yes, Tylenol was listed as the only medication she had taken. With this news Cappitelli immediately said, “Wait a minute, the girl in Elk Grove Village died from Tylenol.” Immediately, the two men looked over the full report of each incident. Realizing Extra-Strength Tylenol was the link to the death, the men notified their supervisors (“Deaths from Cyanide Tylenol Alarm Nation; ‘Madman’ Sought in
Fearing that he had eaten some “bad fi sh” for dinner, Dr. Westwood called a local hospital to describe his condition. Th e numbness in his lips and face made it almost impossible for him to communicate, but the hospital staff managed to at least understand the address he gave them and they sent an ambulance in response. As Dr. Westwood was rushed to the hospital, his breathing became increasingly diffi cult. Doctor’s Notes Th e patient presented in the ED with severe headache, diaphoresis, motor dysfunction, paresthesias, nausea, and an ascending paralysis that spread to the upper body, arms, face, and head. Th e patient was cyanotic and was hypoventilating.
At one point of time the doctor drained 8 fluid ounce of pus from an abscess under Gages scalp which would otherwise leaked into his brain. Within a couple of days gage exposed part of his brain got infected with a fungus, resulting from September 23-October 3 he lapsed into a comatose state. His family taught it was the end of him and prepares him a coffin, Doom, a-dum-dum-dam, but again he recovered. WHAT!!!!!!!! (Is he a cat or something- 9 lives)?