{"id":113061,"date":"2023-01-18T19:48:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T19:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/pathophysiology-discussion-post-nursing-homework-help\/"},"modified":"2023-01-18T19:48:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T19:48:06","slug":"pathophysiology-discussion-post-nursing-homework-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/pathophysiology-discussion-post-nursing-homework-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathophysiology discussion post | Nursing homework help"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>J.C is an 82-year-old white man who was evaluated by a GI specialist due to abdominal discomfort, loss of appetite, weight loss, weakness, and occasional nausea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Medical History (PMH):<\/strong><br \/>Patient is Diabetic, controlled with Metformin 500 mg by mouth twice a day, Lantus 15 units SC bedtime. Hypertensive, controlled with Olmesartan 20 mg by mouth once a day. Atrial Fibrillation is controlled with Rivaroxaban 15 mg by mouth once a day and bisoprolol 10 mg by mouth once a day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Labs:<\/strong><br \/>Hb 12.7 g\/dl; Hct 38.8% WBC 8.2; Glycemia 74mg\/dl; Creatinine 0.8 mg\/dl; BUN 9.8 mg\/dl; AST 21 U\/L ALT 17 U\/L; Bil T 1.90 mg\/dl; Ind 0.69 mg\/dl; Dir 1.21 mg\/dl.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Diagnostic test:<\/strong><br \/>Endoscopic Ultrasound of the Pancreas. Solid mass in the head of pancreas 4 cms, infiltrating Wirsung duct. The solid mass impress to infiltrate the superior mesenteric vein. Perilesional node is detected, 1.5 cms, metastatic aspect. Fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy: Ductal adenocarcinoma.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Case Study Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Please name the potential most common sites for metastasis on J.C and why?<\/li>\n<li>What are tumor cell markers and why tumor cell markers are ordered for a patient with pancreatic cancer?<\/li>\n<li>Based on the case study described, proceed to classify the tumor based on the TNM Stage classification. Why is this classification important?<\/li>\n<li>Discuss characteristics of malignant tumors regarding their cells, growth, and ability to spread.<\/li>\n<li>Describe the carcinogenesis phase when a tumor metastasizes.<\/li>\n<li>Choose the tissue level that is affected in the patient discussed above: Epithelial, Connective, Muscle, or Neural. Support your answer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Submission Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your initial post <strong>should be at least 500 words<\/strong>, formatted and cited in the current <strong>APA style<\/strong> with support from at least <strong>2 academic sources other than your textbook<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 J.C is an 82-year-old white man who was evaluated by a GI specialist due to abdominal discomfort, loss of appetite, weight loss, weakness, and occasional nausea. Past Medical History (PMH):Patient is Diabetic, controlled with Metformin 500 mg by mouth twice a day, Lantus 15 units SC bedtime. Hypertensive, controlled with Olmesartan 20 mg by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}