Acute kidney injury (AKI) is sudden decrease in the function of the kidney due to a range of causes. Generally‚ AKI occurs as a result of other serious illnesses and with a lack of treatment it can lead to the build-up of salts and chemicals which can also affect the function of other organs. [1] Despite what the name may suggest‚ AKI does not occur as the result of a physical injury to the kidneys. [10] During the early stages of AKI‚ there are usually no symptoms‚ however if the patient isn’t producing
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Introduction Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a fast-growing cancer of the white blood cells. Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell that the body uses to fight infections. In ALL‚ the bone marrow makes lots of unformed cells called blasts that normally would develop into lymphocytes. However‚ the blasts are abnormal. They do not develop and cannot fight infections. The number of abnormal cells (or leukemia cells) grows quickly. They crowd out the normal red blood cells‚ white blood cells
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ABRAHAM‚ FLORENCE A. M.SC. Accounting B. I. U.‚ BENIN CITY. NIGERIA. January 2011 Abstract: This paper focuses on the directors’ and accountant’s behaviour and their contribution to Parmalat’s fraud. It will also address how these gaps might be filled‚ and meanwhile propose some "solutions." First‚ we offer a brief description of Parmalat’s group and of the events which forced the company to reveal its financial status. This will help to highlight a number of violations carried
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Thesis 1- Mary Jemison life was not ideal at times‚ taken by the Native Americas but she was not someone to give up‚ she later grew into the Native American lifestyle. Thesis 2- Mary Jemison identity was taken right from her only to later discover that she grew into the Native American lifestyle‚ giving her a new identity. Taken away from what she knew and went to a place of the unknown. Mary took this new lifestyle in but also wanted to remember what she knew best. Her identity was different
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each convulsion rattling her tiny frame. But she’s been coughing for two weeks now. The flu medication the doctors prescribed is clearly not working. You discount the idea of it being a virus and consider something more serious. Google tells you acute bronchitis can last over a month‚ and your child has all the symptoms—constant coughing‚ shortness of breath‚ loss of appetite. She complains she’s tired all the time. You anxiously consider the possibility of pneumonia—like any worried parent would—but
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Hayes and Wheelwright describe four stages of manufacturing competitiveness: Stage I- internally neutral Stage I companies consider their manufacturing organisation to be internally neutral‚ in that its role is simply to "make the stuff"‚ without any surprises. Such companies believe that their product designs are so unusual or their marketing organisation so powerful that if the product can simply be delivered to customers‚ as advertised‚ the company will be successful. The operations function
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Carol Ann Duffy decided to write poems about two secluded women who are both bizarre and both reclusive‚ but for very different reasons. I would like to show how Carol Ann presented those distinctions and similarities. To begin with‚ the tone of the poem is very different Salome’s tone is somewhat nonchalant and Havisham’s tone is disheartening. In Havisham‚ Carol Ann Duffy uses alliteration to emphasise Ms Havisham’s hatred and frustration‚ by using the repetition of the fierce ‘b’ sound which
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Jude Garate Mr. Kerns‚ Period 3 10/24/13 Ann Cooper TED Talk EPL Essay Ann Cooper recently went to a convention in Los Angeles to discuss the issue of school lunches and their lack of nutritional value. Throughout her speech‚ she used the three rhetorical appeals repeatedly in order to persuade the listeners on why we need to do something about the food we’re feeding our children at school. Before Ann digressed into the conversation‚ she established her own personal credibility by making
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seen them played out on our favorite drama shows but these shows do not address the real severity of an actual heart attack despite the great acting skills portrayed . A heart attack can also be known as a myocardial infarction (MI)‚ acute myocardial infarction (AMI)‚ acute coronary syndrome‚ coronary thrombosis‚ or coronary occlusion‚ either way it is not good news. Over 1.2 million people in American have heart attacks with many of them resulting in death (Heart attack‚ 2011). A heart attack is a serious
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This is a case of a 40-year-old man who is a binge drinker. These are not just the people who indulge in huge quantities on a weekend. Binge drinking is defined as drinking twice the recommended limit in any one sitting. He developed severe abdominal pain which radiated through to the back. The pain had started suddenly‚ 15 hours before admission to the hospital. He had no previous history of gastrointestinal disease. On examination‚ the patient was mildly shocked and his abdomen was tender in the
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