LESSON THIS WEEK: BLOOD CELLS AND THE HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM
ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINE
Leona Case Study
Leona is 52-years old and smokes. She is also overweight and has atherosclerosis. When she was given a 2-week vacation from work, she packed up her bags and flew from Minnesota to Sydney, Australia, for the trip she always wanted to take. Unfortunately, just 3 days after she arrived, she was hospitalized when her left calf became inflamed, causing her considerable pain. The physician attending to her told her she developed a deep vein thrombosis.
1. Explain, using your knowledge of hypercoagulability, why the trip to Australia contributed to Leona’s DVT? Why was Leona already at risk for thrombus development?
2. How does Leona’s atherosclerosis affect platelet function? Conversely, what is the effect of increased platelet activity on the development of atherosclerosis?
3. How do atherosclerosis and immobility promote changes in blood coagulation?
4. When Leona was in hospital, she received heparin therapy. Explain why this course of action was taken to treat her DVT. Why was she not given heparin tablets to take back to the hotel with her?
NOTE TO WRITER: THIS IS A PATHOPHYSIOLOGY CLASS SO INCLUDE BACKGROUND CELLULAR INFORMATION. ALSO INCLUDE LOTS OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON MEDICAL CONDITIONS BEING TALKED ABOUT.
NOTE TO WRITER: Provided is a link of the book being used in the class. The book has to be one of the reference in addition to the other references needed. The chapters being used this lesson is chapter 21 “Blood Cells and the Hematopoietic Systemâ€, Chapter 22 “Disorders of Hemostasisâ€, Chapter 23 “Disorders of Red Blood Cellsâ€, and Chapter 24 “Disorders of White Blood Cells and Lymphoid Tissuesâ€.
This is the citation of the book and link to PDF version of book
Norris, T. L., & Lalchandani, R. (2019). Porth’s pathophysiology: Concepts of altered health states (10th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
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ALSO TO WRITER: This is a pathophysiology class so use more background information on the cellular level of the topic being discussed. Avoid cryptic information and use more of the course content and the chapter of the book which apply to the topic to complete the discussion.
FOR EXAMPLE THIS IS A QUOTE FROM THE PROFESSOR/INSTRUCTER THAT I WANT THE WRITER TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHEN COMPLETING THE DISCUSSION “As was described in the previous course announcement, there is an expectation of graduate level work in BIO PATHO. Simply using your textbook in forum and case study answers IS NOT adequate (that effort will not earn you an A in this class; and the syllabus clearly says that is inappropriate). A minimum of four sources need to be cited. Background information should ALWAYS be provided. For example, suppose the question leads you to diagnose that a person has hypertension, and you tell me all the evil consequences of hypertension and what the patient better do to reverse the many adverse effects of hypertension. Great. What is blood pressure to begin with? What is it normally? What regulates blood pressure? What can predispose someone to hypertension? What are modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for hypertension? What will hypertension do in the short-term? Long-term? This is appropriate background information. Students putting in the effort to do this by providing background content in exceptional forum post or case study answers will be rewarded during grading.â€
I WILL ASLO ATTACH THE POWERPOINTS FOR THIS LESSON TO SERVES AS A GUIDE.
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