Polydipsia often goes with hypokalemia). Antipsychotics can have side effects such as dry mouth that may make the patient feel thirsty. Primary polydipsia describes excessive thirst and water intake caused in the absence of physiological stimuli to drink. This includes both psychogenic primary polydipsia and non-psychogenic primary polydipsia, such as in patients with autoimmune chronic hepatitis with severely elevated globulin levels. Psychogenic polydipsia is an excessive water intake seen in some patients with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, and/or the developmentally disabled. It should be taken very seriously, as the amount of water ingested exceeds the amount that can be excreted
Patient check-in properly handle the patient or the kiosk can instruct the patient to wear a mask. Another common question is, “Do you require an interpreter?” allowing the appropriate staff from interpreter services or similar to automatically be dispatched. Virtually any question or data that organizations may collect now can be collected in a self-service check-in kiosk. By coupling this with pagers, text alerting, and waiting room displays, patient satisfaction and Hcap scores can have a big impact. Patient Tracking – the movement of the patient through an ER, surgery center, outpatient facility, ambulatory care facility, or throughout the entire hospital is