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Amebiasis Definition Pathodx

The document outlines management strategies for patients including: (1) admitting patients for bed rest to reduce metabolic demands; (2) observing vital signs and skin to monitor patient status; (3) ensuring adequate nutrition and fiber intake. It also describes strategies for (4) reducing hyperthermia such as tepid sponging and medication, (5) alleviating pain through determining causes and administering analgesics, and (6) resolving vomiting and dehydration by oral or IV fluid administration and monitoring intake and output.

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Amebiasis Definition Pathodx

The document outlines management strategies for patients including: (1) admitting patients for bed rest to reduce metabolic demands; (2) observing vital signs and skin to monitor patient status; (3) ensuring adequate nutrition and fiber intake. It also describes strategies for (4) reducing hyperthermia such as tepid sponging and medication, (5) alleviating pain through determining causes and administering analgesics, and (6) resolving vomiting and dehydration by oral or IV fluid administration and monitoring intake and output.

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Management

(1) Admission and Bed Rest: Patient is admitted for some hours or days and given
adequate bed rest. This is to reduce metabolic consumption and oxygen demand (to
conserve energy).

(2) Observation:

- Observe patients vital signs: Temperature, pulse rate, blood pressure and respiratory
rate.

- Feel patients skin for warmness and dryness.

- Observe lips and mouth for dryness.

(3) Nutrition

- Ensure adequate diet to meet increase metabolic demands

- Encourage intake of balanced fiber and bulk in diet to improve consistency of stool and
facilitate passage through colon.

(4) Reducing Hyperthermia

- Monitor patient’s vital signs to serve as baseline for future comparison.

- note presence/absence of sweating, to assess degree of hyperthermia

- Initiate tepid sponging: This facilitates heat loss through conduction and evaporation.

- Undress and remove extra linens, to facilities heat loss by radiation.

- Administer prescribed paracetamol 500mg as antipyretic

(5) Alleviating pain due to insertion or intravenous line

- Determine possible pathophysiology/psychologic causes of pain, to assess etiology,


precipitating/ contributing factors

- Encourage verbalization of feelings about pain

- Administer analgesics as indicated


(6) Resolving vomiting/fluid volume depict

- Prepare and administer oral rehydration solution

- Administer intravenous fluid of normal saline to alternate 5% dextrose solution

- Monitor and record patients intake and output

(7) Medical Management:

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