Alterations in Cellular Process Discussion
Alterations in Cellular Process Discussion
Please post an explanation of the disease highlighted in the scenario provided. Include the following in your explanation -role genetics plays in the disease, why the patient is presenting with the specific symptoms described, physiologic response to the stimulus presented in the scenario and why you think this response occurred, the cells that are involved in this process, and how another characteristic like gender or genetics would change your response. Alterations in Cellular
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Scenario: A 27-year-old patient with a history of substance abuse is found unresponsive by emergency medical services (EMS) after being called by the patient roommate. The roommate states that he does not know how long the patient had been lying there. Patient received naloxone in the field and has become responsive. He complains of burning pain over his left hip and forearm. Evaluation in the ED revealed a large amount of necrotic tissue over the greater trochanter as well as the forearm. EKG demonstrated prolonged PR interval and peaked T waves.