Assignment: Case Patient Population

Assignment: Case Patient Population

Assignment: Case Patient Population

DNP 805 Topic 4 Discussions GCU
DNP 805 Topic 4 Discussion 1
Select a defined patient population and list elements that you think will be valuable in a database. What elements are required and why? What elements are optional and why?

DNP 805 Topic 4 Discussion 2
In the prior discussion question in this topic, you selected a defined patient population and listed elements that you think will be valuable in a database. Of those elements you identified to be valuable in a database, which are structured and unstructured? Explain.

Acute and Preventative Treatment of Episodic Migraine
Roger K. Cady, Kathleen Farmer, in Headache and Migraine Biology and Management, 2015

Stage 1 – Infrequent Episodic Migraine
This patient population typically has two or fewer migraine attacks per month. While individual migraine attacks can be severe and disabling, they are self-limited and occur infrequently. Often this population views migraine as they would the flu and self-treats attacks, often not choosing to consider migraine as a medical problem. Patients with infrequent episodic migraine may respond positively to NSAIDs, OTC combination medications, or oral triptans. They should be instructed on early intervention with a goal of being pain free within 2 hours. These individuals can often identify their migraine triggers, and only rarely do they require preventive treatment.The patient population treated in intensive care units has also changed. Due to the aging population, improvements in the treatment of malignancies, advances in surgical and other interventional techniques, and the expectations of the public and the medical profession, among other factors, intensive care patients today are likely to be older than before and to have complex comorbidities. Sepsis and other severe infections have become a major challenge, and despite major efforts from the intensive care community and the pharmaceutical industry, improvements in outcome from sepsis must be considered moderate at best. Although aspects of the complex pathophysiology of sepsis and multiple organ failure are much better understood today than they were 20 years ago, therapeutic breakthroughs have yet to be found. In contrast, and somewhat paradoxically, major advances have been made in reducing the harmful iatrogenic effects of intensive care life support; the best example of this is probably the introduction of lung-protective mechanical ventilation.
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