- To delay treatment until full recovery.
- Immediate assessment for eligibility for thrombolytic therapy (tPA) to restore blood flow and minimize brain damage.
- To administer antiplatelet agents only.
- To observe and monitor.
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- Autoimmune inflammation.
- Deposition of uric acid crystals in the joint, leading to an inflammatory response.
- Bacterial infection.
- Degeneration of articular cartilage.
- Improved cardiac output.
- Increased myocardial oxygen demand and impaired contractility, leading to progressive worsening of heart failure.
- Decreased preload.
- Enhanced relaxation.
- Oral antibiotics and observation.
- Immediate administration of broad-spectrum antibiotics, intravenous fluids, and vasopressors to restore tissue perfusion.
- Oral steroids.
- Oxygen therapy only.
- Reduced renal perfusion.
- Direct damage to kidney tubules.
- Obstruction of urinary outflow from the kidneys.
- Glomerular inflammation.
- Vasodilation.
- Decreased intravascular volume, leading to reduced preload, cardiac output, and tissue perfusion.
- Increased cardiac contractility.
- Increased systemic vascular resistance.
- Hyperventilation.
- Increased bicarbonate levels (e.g., due to vomiting or diuretic use) or excessive acid loss.
- Decreased production of lactic acid.
- Excessive loss of CO2?.
- Localized inflammation.
- Systemic inflammatory response to pancreatic enzymes, leading to widespread organ damage.
- Hypovolemia.
- Infection.
- Increased tubular reabsorption.
- Glomerular basement membrane thickening and increased permeability.
- Renal artery stenosis.
- Urinary tract infection.
- Decreases blood pressure.
- Breaks down fibrin clots, restoring blood flow to ischemic brain tissue.
- Prevents platelet aggregation.
- Increases cerebral blood flow by vasodilation.
- Loss of motor function.
- Exaggerated sympathetic response to noxious stimuli below the level of injury, due to impaired autonomic regulation.
- Peripheral nerve damage.
- Brainstem compression.
- Decreased production of lactic acid.
- Excessive elimination of CO2? from the lungs.
- Increased bicarbonate reabsorption.
- Overproduction of ketone bodies.
- To treat symptomatic UTI.
- To identify and urgently treat pyelonephritis (kidney infection) to prevent sepsis and kidney damage.
- To advise increased fluid intake.
- To perform a urinalysis.
- Tubular damage.
- Inflammation of the glomeruli, leading to increased permeability and impaired filtration.
- Obstruction of the urinary tract.
- Renal artery stenosis.
- To administer more warfarin.
- Immediate reversal of anticoagulation with Vitamin K and/or fresh frozen plasma (FFP).
- To administer aspirin.
- To observe the bleeding.
- Allergic reaction.
- Accumulation of uremic toxins.
- Fungal infection.
- Dry skin.
- To increase blood viscosity.
- To maintain tissue oxygen delivery despite reduced oxygen-carrying capacity.
- To decrease cardiac workload.
- To increase red blood cell production.
- Inflammation of the pancreas.
- Erosion of the gastric or duodenal mucosa by acid and pepsin.
- Bowel obstruction.
- Appendicitis.
- Diastolic dysfunction.
- Impaired systolic function and reduced cardiac output.
- Increased preload.
- Normal cardiac function.
