Nursing interventions involve recognizing those patients at risk, reporting these suspicions to the health care provider, monitoring patient vital signs and laboratory values, providing frequent ...

Soon after Steinhauser published his research, doctors in Nebraska reported a case of a 55-year-old obese woman with a rare condition called omphalitis, or inflammation of the umbilical cavity.

In addition, the systemic coagulation and bleeding may also present as petechiae, purpura, ecchymoses, or hematomas. Ischemic damage related to thrombosis could manifest as cyanosis, as well as ...