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Malignant Hyperthermia, Courtney Morris
Malignant Hyperthermia, Courtney Morris
Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)
Malignant Hyperthermia as defined by the International Classification of Diseases is a rare but progressive, and life-threatening hyperthermic reaction in response to a triggering agent such as general anesthetic gases or the depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent Succinylcholine (Hopkins et. al., 2020). MalignantHyperthymia is a genetic disorder of the skeletal muscle, that leads to continuous muscle contraction and the inability to relax skeletal muscle (Haili and Weant, 2021). Signs and symptoms can vary from patient to patient and can be masked by anesthesia, but the classical signs include an increase in end-tidal CO2, increased heart rate, and a rapid increase in …
Association Of Skeletal Muscle And Psychological Responses To Immobility After Major Injury, Jacob T. Higgins
Association Of Skeletal Muscle And Psychological Responses To Immobility After Major Injury, Jacob T. Higgins
Theses and Dissertations--Nursing
The purpose of this dissertation was to explore the physical and psychological responses to the combination of major trauma (Injury Severity Score [ISS] > 15) and variable periods of immobility. Specific aims were to: 1) develop a conceptual model that illustrates physiological and psychological alterations that occur after injury and subsequent immobility, and their association with skeletal muscle responses and recovery; 2) evaluate daily measures of skeletal muscle strength (bicep and quadricep) using dynamometry and skeletal muscle (rectus femoris and biceps brachii) muscle thickness measured with ultrasound in patients after major trauma; and 3) assess the predictive ability of anxiety and …