Addison’s Disease Etiology and Pathophysiology • Adrenocortical insufficiency from a primary cause – All three classes of adrenal corticosteroids reduced • Most commonly from autoimmune response destroying adrenal tissue • TB (rare cases) • Infarction • Fungal infections • AIDS • Metastatic cancer • Iatrogenic Addison’s – May be due to adrenal hemorrhage • Most [...]
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Addison’s Disease and Nursing Care Plan
August 31st, 2011 
Admin Cushing Syndrome and Nursing Care Plan
August 31st, 2011 Admin Cushing Syndrome Etiology and Pathophysiology • Caused by an excess of corticosteroids, particularly glucocorticoids • Most common cause: – Iatrogenic administration of exogenous corticosteroids • 85% of endogenous is due to ACTH-secreting pituitary tumor • Other causes include adrenal tumors and ectopic ACTH production by tumors outside hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis • Cushing’s disease and primary adrenal [...]
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No Comments »Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease And nursing Care plan
August 31st, 2011 Admin • Three most cognitive problems in adults – Delirium (acute confusion) – Dementia – Depression • These problems often occur together Dementia • A syndrome characterized by – Dysfunction or loss of memory – Orientation – Attention – Language – Judgment and reasoning – Changes in behavior • Results in alterations in the individual’s [...]
Tetanus Toxoid (TT) vaccine
August 30th, 2011 Admin What is TT vaccine? – Tetanus Toxoid (TT) vaccine protects against tetanus. it is provided as a liquid in vials and also in prefilled auto-disable injection devices. It is available in a number of different formulations: – TT vaccine protects only against tetanus and neonatal tetanus. – DTP Diphtheria- Tetanus- Pertussis vaccine protect against Diphtheria, [...]
Measles – Rubella(MR) and Measles – Mumps – Rubella (MMR) combination
August 30th, 2011 Admin What are the MR and MMR vaccination? • In the United States, the vaccine was licensed in 1963 and the second dose was introduced in the mid 1990s. It is widely used around the world; since introduction of its earliest versions in the 1970s, over 500 million doses have been used in over 60 countries. [...]
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