Worksheet 18-1: Case Study—Assessment of the Nutritional Status of the Elderly John, 78 years old, is a sometimes homeless veteran. He is missing many teeth from years of no dental care. John receives a monthly retirement check but he has great difficulty meeting his monthly bills, let alone buying enough food, and this has caused many evictions. When he can afford them, John has his prescriptions filled for a diuretic (for high blood pressure) and a statin (for high cholesterol). John isn’t sure what his current weight is, but he has had to tighten his belt to the last notch over the past eight months.
In the 30 days he has gone from 185lbs to 210lbs. Cholesteral has went up 60 points. BMI or body mass index has gone from 11% to 18%, and his liver has turned to fat. Morgan is now 2X the risk of heart failure, had horrible mood swings and got so addicted that he felt sluggish and sad until his next meal and suffered from headaches. Every Dr. that went through this journey with Morgan and kept track of his health are stunned and that people shouldnot eat fast food and one Dr. even says that Morgan should not eat fast food for one whole year to give his body time to recuperate.
Throughout this assignment I will be using a pseudonym to maintain patient confidentiality in order to conform to ‘The Nursing and Midwifery Code’ (NMC, 2008). Harry Jones is an 82 year old male who was transferred to the ward with a left fractured neck of femur, following a fall in his home. As a result he was due to have a hemiartroplasty that day. Harry lived at home with his 79 year old wife and his dog. He has been retired from the police force for 21 years.
He was then transferred to Vancouver to undergo emergency surgery. The bullet had severed his carotid artery and jugular vein on his right side. Once surgery had been completed, he had discovered that the bullet had broke up in his body, and also damaged his spinal cord. He was now a paraplegic. He was 21 years-old when this had occurred.
Student’s Name: BIO169_SU2014 Case_10: Nicholas's Mysterious Suntan This case study presents a clinical situation related to the endocrine system. The questions at the each segment of the case will test your understanding of the endocrine system. Nicholas T., age 32, is a busy systems analyst for a computer manufacturer. Working his way up the corporate ladder, he travels extensively, putting in many hours without much sleep. Nicholas has a tendency to be overweight but continues to eat fatty foods and does not have an exercise program.
Case Scenario: Carl Fowler, a 46-year-old man, presents to a health clinic for a check-up. He was last seen in the clinic three years prior when he had acute bronchitis. A year ago, he was told that his blood pressure was "a little high" when he donated blood. His past medical history consists of a fractured clavicle sustained when he was playing a pickup game of football at age 24. The fracture healed without complications.
Mr Lusk has a ten-year history of hypertension, congestive heart failure, and cataracts. He has no history of psychiatric illness or alcohol/ substance abuse. By his wife's report, Mr Lusk has a history of progressive memory loss over the last five years, and has had a decline in his ability to perform daily tasks. He is unable to perform complex household tasks, shopping, or walking in familiar neighbourhoods without getting lost. He still performs his basic activities of daily living, such as personal hygiene, dressing, and preparing simple meals.
My artery was 95% blocked and I was in the hospital for a week (VA does everything slow) so I could get a stent put insert to open the artery. The artery that was blocked was called a “widow maker”; because once the artery closes you just drop dead. During the week I was in the hospital I was also
Miss Sasaki underwent months of surgery and rehabilitation for her left leg which to this day still gives her pain and won’t bend all the way at the knee. Dr. Sasaki, who treated Miss Sasaki, took about a year to gain some of the weight he lost back but still doesn’t have an appetite like he used to. He went from having four rice bowls at every meal to barely managing to eat two in a meal. As for Mrs. Nakamuru, she faced some health issues and for years went from job to job trying to get out of poverty and to provide for her
Stephanie Hylton English 125 Karen Davies December 5 2011 Will You Ever Need an Organ Transplant? My cousin Jordan Frost died almost 3 months ago at the young age of 24 from a failing liver. He was born with a damaged liver, He was told to never drinking alcohol because it could kill him. He did everything to keep himself as healthy as someone with a damaged liver could be. He had been on the waiting list for a liver since he was born.