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Nursing Diagnosis & Infographic

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Nursing Diagnosis & Infographic

The assignment pertains to the case scenario of Mrs. G., who is a forty-three years old

woman getting admission for the performance of robotic hemicolectomy due to complications of

the disease diverticulitis.

Overview of the Scenario

She had two episodes of exacerbation of the disease in the last eighteen months. She has

allergy to sulfa-group of antibiotics, and has a positive history of hypertension, peripheral

vascular disease, fatty-liver and hypersensitivity lung disease. She has a fifteen years history of

smoking which she quit one week ago. She has moderate obesity.

Mrs. G. has a confirmed diagnosis of diverticulitis. Diverticulitis, often chronic, is a

condition characterized by inflammatory changes in the pouches arising abnormally from the

large intestine. It manifests clinically as pain in the lower abdomen, often sudden in onset. Other

signs and symptoms of the disease include nausea and vomiting, diarrhea alternating with

constipation, pyrexia and bloody stools.

The pathophysiology of diverticulitis is not understood completely (Strate & Morris,

2019). However the current understanding of the pathophysiology of diverticulitis explains that

diverticulitis is a result of obstructive and traumatic insult to the diverticula leading to ischemic

changes in them, which are accompanied by infective processes, and perforation. The

pathophysiology of diverticulitis is explained by chronic inflammatory and altered-microbiome

theories. Studies have demonstrated chronic inflammatory changes like those linked to sedentary

lifestyles and obesity to be involved in the pathophysiology of diverticulitis. The altered-

microbiome theory implicates alterations in the microbial population of the gut to be responsible

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1 Nursing Diagnosis & Infographic Firstname, middle initial(s). Lastname Institute name Instructor Name February 23, 2020 2 Nursing Diagnosis & Infographic The assignment pertains to the case scenario of Mrs. G., who is a forty-three years old woman getting admission for the performance of robotic hemicolectomy due to complications of the disease diverticulitis. Overview of the Scenario She had two episodes of exacerbation of the disease in the last eighteen months. She has allergy to sulfa-group of antibiotics, and has a positive history of hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, fatty-liver and hypersensitivity lung disease. She has a fifteen years history of smoking which she quit one week ago. She has moderate obesity. Mrs. G. has a confirmed diagnosis of diverticulitis. Diverticulitis, often chronic, is a condition characterized by inflammatory changes in the pouches arising abnormally from the large intestine. It manifests clinically as pain in the lower abdomen, often sudden in onset. Other signs and symptoms of the disease include nausea and vomiting, diarrhea alternating with constipation, pyrexia and bloody stools. The pathophysiology of diverticulitis is not understood completely (Strate & Morris, 2019). However the current understanding of the pathophysiology of diverticulitis explains that diverticulitis is a result of obstructive and traumatic insult to the diverticula leading to ischemic changes in them, which are accompanied by infective processes, and ...
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