Nurse Key

74 Providing nutritional support Adequate nutrition is necessary to meet the body’s demands in order to maintain normal body composition and function. A patient’s nutritional status may be affected by…

84 Gastroenteritis Overview/pathophysiology Gastroenteritis, one of the most common infectious diseases seen in children, is an inflammation of the stomach and intestines that accompanies numerous gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. It is…

15 Aneurysms Overview/pathophysiology An aneurysm is a pathologic enlargement of a section of an arterial wall. The most common cause is atherosclerosis, which alters the vessel pathology, weakening the vessel…

10 Pneumonia Overview/pathophysiology Pneumonia is an acute bacterial or viral infection that causes inflammation of the lung parenchyma (alveolar spaces and interstitial tissue). As a result of the inflammation involved,…

77 Bronchiolitis Overview/pathophysiology Bronchiolitis is an acute infection that causes inflammation and obstruction of the bronchioles, the smallest, most distal sections of the lower respiratory tract. It rarely occurs in…

47 Hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome Overview/pathophysiology Hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome (HHS), also known as hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic syndrome (HHNK), hyperosmolar coma, nonketotic hyperosmolar coma, hyperosmolar nonketotic syndrome, hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic coma, and…

12 Pulmonary embolus Overview/pathophysiology Pulmonary embolus (PE) is an obstruction of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches by substances (i.e., blood clot, fat, air, amniotic fluid) that originated…