{"id":7207,"date":"2021-10-12T15:26:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T15:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/lecture-signature-assignment-case-analysis\/"},"modified":"2021-10-12T15:26:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T15:26:35","slug":"lecture-signature-assignment-case-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/lecture-signature-assignment-case-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture signature assignment: case analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sarah, a 63–<\/strong>year-old female with a past medical history significant for diabetes mellitus, cirrhosis, gout, and a 30-pack a year smoking history, presents to the emergency room<\/p>\n

with chest pain revealing pericarditis in the echocardiogram, secondary to recently diagnosed end-stage renal disease. Physical examination reveals yellowish discoloration to the skin and sclera, multiple bruises, and 2+ bilateral edema. Sarah reports weakness lasting more than three weeks. Her medications include Glisten, a new drug for diabetes that causes ATP sensitive potassium channels to close, thereby releasing insulin.<\/p>\n

Her recent laboratory results are as follows:<\/p>\n

Address each of the following regarding Sarah\u2019s case:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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  1. Explain the cause for her low calcium and sodium levels.<\/li>\n
  2. Explain the cause of her anemia. What laboratory test should indicate she is suffering from anemia?<\/li>\n
  3. Explain the cause of her hypotension. How will her body attempt to establish homeostasis?<\/li>\n
  4. What type of acid-base disorder has she developed, and how will her body compensate?<\/li>\n
  5. Explain the cause of her elevated ADH and glucose levels.<\/li>\n
  6. What is the correlation between her illnesses and the low vitamins (D, K, E, and A), renin, and aldosterone levels?<\/li>\n
  7. Which hormone would the body elevate in response to her low calcium levels? Why?<\/li>\n
  8. Explain the physiological reason behind her physical findings (yellowish hint of the skin, sclera, multiple bruises, weakness, and edema).<\/li>\n
  9. Explain the cause of her abnormal stool and urine sample.<\/li>\n
  10. What cell does Glisten work on? Explain how this medication is able to stimulate insulin secretion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Specifics<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Support your opinions with evidence from your readings and research.<\/li>\n
    • You must reference a minimum of three (3) scholarly sources in your paper, which includes one non-Internet source.\u00a0 <\/li>\n
    • Use current APA format to style your paper and to cite your sources.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n
    • Your paper\/total responses must be 3\u20134 pages in length not including the title page, abstract, and reference pages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Review the rubric for more information on how the assignment will be graded. Submit your assignment here in Blackboard by the due date.<\/p>\n

      Points: 100<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Sarah, a 63–year-old female with a past medical history significant for diabetes mellitus, cirrhosis, gout, and a 30-pack a year smoking history, presents to the emergency room with chest pain revealing pericarditis in the echocardiogram, secondary to recently diagnosed end-stage renal disease. Physical examination reveals yellowish discoloration to the skin and sclera, multiple bruises, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homework-help"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7207","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=7207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}