Gastrointestinal Traumatic Injuries: Gastrointestinal Perforation.

The abdomen is a big place even in a small person. Gastrointestinal trauma can result in injury to the stomach, small bowel, colon, or rectum. Traumatic causes include blunt or penetrating trauma, such as gunshot wounds, stabbings, motor vehicle collisions, and crush injuries.

Innovations in Cardiovascular Patient Care: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

Aortic valve disease is a common and serious valvular disorder. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement is an option requiring nursing knowledge for the best patient outcome.

Evaluating risk factors for violence at the inpatient unit level: combining young adult patients and those with mental retardation.

The current study demonstrates the use of patient case mix to evaluate the probability of aggression occurring on an inpatient psychiatric unit. The impact of combining young adult psychiatric patients with patients classified with mental retardation on the overall negative events and injuries on an inpatient psychiatric unit was evaluated. Results suggest when the combined number of young adults and patients classified with mental retardation exceeds 10 the unit is at high risk for aggressive behavior occurring.

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome associated with risperidone and olanzapine in first-episode schizophrenia.

This case report describes an 18-year-old African American male who presented to a state psychiatric facility with symptoms of bizarre behavior, delusions and auditory hallucination. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and treated with eight days of risperidone followed by five days of olanzapine. During this two-week period, this patient began to develop signs and symptoms of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS).