Sundowning Syndrome Etiology and Treatment 12/3/2010 Anatomy & Physiology sundowning syndrome: etiology and treatment An escalation in disruptive behaviors in the late afternoon and early evening among institutionalized patients suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease has been a recognized phenomenon for over 60 years (Bachman & Rabins‚ 2006). The timing of the onset of disruptive behaviors has led to calling this phenomenon sundowning‚ sundowning syndrome‚ and nocturnal delirium
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Respiratory therapy. A career that not only requires an understanding of how the heart and lungs function but‚ has to know the disorder and treatment associated within them. This take a special someone who is dedicated to this field of study and to every patient they may come in contact with. The responsibility of this job comes with many challenges‚ the therapist are under high amounts of stress when providing their skills in intensive care situations. This job can also be very rewarding; when a
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Marfan’s Syndrome Marfan syndrome is an inherited connective-tissue disorder transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait. It is distributed worldwide‚ has a high prevalence rate and has pleiotropic manifestations‚ meaning one gene influences multiple traits that do not seem to be related. Mutations of the FBN1 gene on the 15th chromosome (more specifically chromosome 15q21.1) cause Marfan syndrome. The FBN1 gene is coded to make a glycoprotein called fibrillin-1
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Kallmann ’s Syndrome ABSTRACT Kallmann’s syndrome is a rare disorder which affects predominantly man. Typical characteristics are a failure to go through puberty and an absent sense of smell. Although the disease is not life threatening‚ somebody with kallmann’s syndrome has an hormonal imbalance hypogonadotropic hypogonadism due to GnRH deficiency because a small area of his or her brain called the hypothalamus is unable to work properly. Specialised hormone replacement therapy is available
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Down Syndrome (DS) is the most common chromosomal condition in the United States‚ affecting about 1 in every 700 babies (CDC). This condition is also known as Trisomy 21‚ due to there being an extra copy of chromosome 21 (CDC). This extra chromosome results in changes in the development of the brain and body‚ which in turn can lead to cognitive and physical challenges (CDC). Some hallmark physical characteristics include almond shaped eyes that slant up‚ smaller hands and feet‚ shorter stature‚
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Cushing Syndrome Sometimes called hypercortisolism. Cushing s syndrome is a hormonal disorder caused by prolonged exposure of the body s tissues to high levels of the hormone cortisol. Causes Pituitary Adenoma Pituitary adenomas cause 70 percent of Cushing s syndrome cases‚ excluding those caused by glucocorticoid use. These benign‚ or noncancerous‚ tumors of the pituitary gland secrete extra ACTH. Most people with the disorder have a single adenoma. Ectopic ACTH Syndrome Some benign
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Metabolic syndrome is a name for a group of risk factors that occur together and increase the risk for coronary artery disease‚ stroke‚ and type 2 diabetes. The primary components include insulin resistance‚ obesity‚ dyslipidemia‚ hypertension and central obesity. The two most important risk factors for metabolic syndrome are extra weight around the middle and upper parts of the body (central obesity). This is when the body may be described as "apple-shaped”‚ as well as insulin resistance‚ in which
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Respiratory System A frog’s respiratory system is much different than humans. First‚ the lungs in a frog have thin walls and are shaped like balloons. When frogs swim‚ they fill their lungs with air‚ which helps them stay buoyant while swimming. Frogs also do not have diaphragms compared to humans. They only breathe through their nose. They use muscles in their throat sacs to help move the air in‚ and then is pushed to the lungs. During this time‚ their mouth is closed. Body contractions allow
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The digestive‚ respiratory and the cardiovascular system are all interrelated in order to make the human body work effectively and efficiently by working as an orchestra. The cardiovascular system and the respiratory will work together in order to perform the gas exchange which is passing of oxygen from the alveoli into the blood flow and then the carbon dioxide passes trough the blood flow and is breathed out from the body. This means oxygen (in) CO2 (out).
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s Rett’s Syndrome Website: http://understandingrettsyndrome.webs.com History Rett Syndrome is a developmental disorder experienced almost always in girls‚ and is first recognized during infancy. Before the discovery of this disorder‚ incidents of Rett Syndrome were mistaken for many other neurologic disorders such as Autism‚ Cerebral Palsy‚ or Nonspecific Developmental Delay‚ especially in females. An Austrian physician‚ Dr. Andreas Rett‚ first described this
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