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Dysphasia

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Difficulty swallowing

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Aphasia

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Can’t speak or understand words from brain damage

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Normal specific gravity

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1.01-1.03

Low specific gravity indicative of diabetes insipidus

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Graves disease/hyperthyroidism

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Avoid stimulants any food or fluid that would increase the metabolic rate
Ex- tea

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Furosemide

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Loop diuretic
sulfa-based drug
side effects include hypotension hypokalemia

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s/sx

Early indication of extracellular fluid volume excess

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Bounding pulse and hypertensive

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Contact precautions

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For wound infections, disease caused by clostridium difficile, infections caused by multi drug resistant strains, respiratory stncytial virus,

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Airborne precautions

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Appropriate for measles,TB, varicella and disseminated zoster

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Droplet precautions

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Appropriate for diphtheria, strep, pneumonia, influenza

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Protective precautions

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For a client that is immuno suppressed place in private room, use proper handwashing before touching client or any of his belongings, limit number of staff caring for a client, no fresh flowers or potted plants and clients room

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Empyema

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Usually caused by infection that spreads from the lung and a build up of pus in the plural space

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Nystagmus

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Uncontrolled eye movement

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Fat soluble vitamins

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A D E K

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Clubbing of the fingers

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Due to low oxygen in tissue

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Tinnitus

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Ringing of the ears

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