dehydration. losing too much fluid through the spots where the skin has been burned off can kill the victim too.
dehydration. losing too much fluid through the spots where the skin has been burned off can kill the victim too.
patients recovering from a heart attack, severe infection (for example, pneumonia ), or other serious illness, patients with infectious hepatitis or HIV infection, cancer patients whose cancer might spread (metastasize).
Patients need to be warned against picking at or squeezing boils because of the danger of spreading the infection into other parts of the skin or bloodstream.
Patients need to be warned against picking at or squeezing boils because of the danger of spreading the infection into other parts of the skin or bloodstream.
HIV/AIDS is a major problem in Africa, with some countries having an infection rate over ten percent. Other epidemic diseases include Ebola and malaria.
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Organ rejection, excessive bleeding, and infection are other major risks associated with this surgery.
The health care team closely monitors the patient for bleeding, infection, liver failure, or other problems requiring immediate medical attention.
Cryptococcus is a fungal disease that can cause meningitis in people with AIDS and other immunocompromised people. It is an opportunistic infection.
Practice strict infection control methods while caring each patients. The important thing is handwashing before and after care. Wear gloves , apron and mask. Environmental cleaning. Proper sterilization of the instruments and other items.
a major complication in patients who have had orthopedic surgery or pelvic, abdominal, or thoracic surgery. Patients with cancer and other chronic illnesses (including congestive heart failure
Yes, and a few things directly contribute to that: the infectious pathogens circulating in health care facilities are often types that are resistant to the antibiotics or other types of treatment that would be usually indicated; patients who catch an infection in a health care setting (which is what makes an infection nosocomial) usually already have a disease process or complication ongoing which reduces their ability to fight infection; and the underlying disease process or other infection a patient has can mask the symptoms of a new infection, causing a delay in recognition and treatment of the new nosocomial infection.