Have you considered a connective tissue disorder such as Marfan Syndrome? A missing xyphoid process has been documented and is associated with pectus excavatum. Prior to modern medicine, the life expectancy of an individual with Marfan Syndrome was less than 40 years.

You are assigned to care for david ramsey, a 22-year old male patient with back injury secondary to being thrown from a motorcycle. did nt damage the spinal, but the computed tomography revealed a compression fracture at l-2. david complains of severe back pain with numbness and tingling in the lower extremities. what assessments are indicated based on this nursing diagnosis? list other major nursing diagnoses based on david’s clinical presentation?

An african american young adult is admitted to the emergency department in sickle cell crisis with a report of 10/10 pain. the patient is known to several of the nurses and physicians in the department who have labeled the patient as a “drug seeker”. initial discussion post: identify one (1) intervention that can be taken by the rn to reduce the stigma and improve management of acute and chronic pain associated with sickle cell disease. does the intervention apply only to the patient? does it apply only to the interprofessional team? does it apply to both the patient and the members of the interprofessional team? explain and support your answer.

In regards to acetyl coa in the tca/kreb's cycle: how many cycles minimum would it take for an acetyl coa carbon to be removed? (what is the first step that this removal could happen? why can't we know for sure how many turns it takes?