Nursing Mnemonic & Tips – How To Remember HYPOGLYCEMIA Signs & Symptoms
Hypoglycemia is the condition when your blood glucose (sugar) levels are too low. It happens to people with diabetes when they have a mismatch of medicine, food, and/or exercise.
Early signs and symptoms of diabetic hypoglycemia include:
Shakiness.
Dizziness.
Sweating.
Hunger.
Irritability or moodiness.
Anxiety or nervousness.
Headache
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PRELOAD, AFTERLOAD AND CONTRACTILITY
Preload is the initial stretching of the cardiac myocytes (muscle cells) prior to contraction. It is related to ventricular filling. Afterload is the force or load against which the heart has to contract to eject the blood.
Nursing Mnemonic: How to read a Chest X-ray Cheat Sheet
Chest Radiograph Interpretation A to X
Very handy study material for nursing and medical students and professionals.
Anatomy of cerebral veins and sinuses
Cerebral venous system can be divided into a superficial and a deep system. The superficial system comprises of sagittal sinuses and cortical veins and these drain superficial surfaces of both cerebral hemispheres. The deep system comprises of lateral sinus, straight sinus and sigmoid sinus along with draining deeper cortical veins.
Complete idea about all type of injection and technique..!
Normal Lab Values Chart: All the important lab values on one page listed from A to Z.
Arteriovenous (AV) fistula
An AV fistula is the best choice for hemodialysis access
Graft
A graft is a great alternative if veins are too small or weak for a fistula.
Hemodialysis catheter
A hemodialysis catheter is often used temporarily until a permanent graft or fistula is ready for use.
Peritoneal dialysis catheter
A PD catheter is the only access type for peritoneal dialysis.
Chest X-Ray Lung disease Four-Pattern Approach
On a chest x-ray lung abnormalities will either present as areas of increased density or as areas of decreased density.
Lung abnormalities with an increased density – also called opacities – are the most common.
A practical approach is to divide these into four patterns:
4-Pattern approach
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result of one of these four patterns.
Consolidation – any pathologic process that fills the alveoli with fluid, pus, blood, cells (including tumor cells) or other substances resulting in lobar, diffuse or multifocal ill-defined opacities.
Interstitial – involvement of the supporting tissue of the lung parenchyma resulting in fine or coarse reticular opacities or small nodules.
Nodule or mass – any space occupying lesion either solitary or multiple.
Atelectasis – collapse of a part of the lung due to a decrease in the amount of air in the alveoli resulting in volume loss and increased density.
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray
Consolidation
Lobar consolidation
Diffuse consolidation
Multifocal ill-defined consolidations
Interstitial
Reticular interstitial opacities
Fine Nodular interstitial opacities
Nodule or mass
Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
Multiple Masses
Atelectasis
Nursing Mnemonics & Tips: Things to remember about Aldactone or Spironolactone
Generic Name: spironolactone
Brand Name: Aldactone
Spironolactone is a potassium-sparing diuretic (water pill) that prevents your body from absorbing too much salt and keeps your potassium levels from getting too low.
