When rationally thinking about the gastrointestinal tract or digestion‚ nearly all of its functions are regulated by the autonomic nervous system‚ or involuntary‚ meaning that we do not consciously have to contemplate digestion for digestion to occur. With this being stated‚ it would make sense that almost the entire gastrointestinal tract is made up of smooth muscle. Smooth muscle is very distinctive from the other types of muscle in the body due to the fact that it is not controlled consciously
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Age Related Changes that Occur in the Cardiovascular System Age Related Changes that Occur in the Cardiovascular System In the normal conduction of the heart the electrical impulse starts in the SA node‚ also called the pacemaker of the heart. The electrical impulse travels through the right atrium and through the Bachmann’s bundle into the left atrium. This stimulates the atria to contract. Next the signal travel to the AV node. The AV node slightly delays the signal. This delay is needed
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Issue 4 • October-December 2014 • Pages 447-574 Saudi Journal of Anesthesia Official Publication of The Saudi Anesthesia Association October-December 2014 / Vol 8 / Issue 4 www.saudija.org REVIEW ARTICLE Page | 540 Propofol alternatives in gastrointestinal endoscopy anesthesia Basavana Gouda Goudra‚ Preet Mohinder Singh1 A B S T R A C T Department of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care‚ Perelman School of Medicine‚ 680 Dulles Building‚ 3400 Spruce Street‚ Philadelphia‚ PA 19104‚ USA‚ 1Department
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Case Study 1 Unit 2: Age-Related Changes that Occur in the Cardiovascular System Slide 1 The title page introducing what subject I am planning on presenting to the residents of the independent living facility. It tells them who I am and what subject is being presented. The residents that I am going to be addressing are healthy‚ active and mentally alert senior who want to learn more about health conditions that are affecting their age group in general and are of major concern. Slide
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Common Gastrointestinal Diagnostic Procedures Colonoscopy Colonoscopy is a diagnostic test used to detect abnormalities‚ such as polyps‚ ulcers or cancerous changes‚ in the large intestine. A few days prior to the test‚ the patient is asked to eat a clear liquid diet‚ including things such as ginger ale‚ plain tea and coffee‚ gelatin‚ ginger ale and water. The night before the procedure‚ the patient is given a bowel prep to empty the contents of the large intestine. On the day of the test‚ the
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INTRODUCTION Give a brief description in your own words of the objectives and aims of this practical. The aim of this practical is to investigate how the autonomic nervous system (ANS) affects the motility in the gastrointestinal tract‚ by experimenting with the release of neurotransmitters. A. RESPONSES TO NERVE STIMULATION Attach a copy of your experimental recordings showing a period of spontaneous contractions and the response to stimulating the nerves
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Gastrointestinal Disorder Case Study T.B‚ a 60yo retiree‚ is admitted to your unit from the ED. Upon arrival you note that he is trembling and nearly doubled over with severe abdominal pain. T.B. indicates that he has severe RUQ (right upper quadrant) pain that radiates to his back‚ and he is more comfortable walking bent forward than lying in bed. He admits to having had several similar bouts of abdominal pain in the last month but “none as bad as this.” He feels only slightly nauseated but
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Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding Lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is the result of bleeding from the colon‚ rectum‚ or anal area. The colon is the last part of the digestive tract‚ where stool (feces) is formed. If you have lower GI bleeding‚ you may see blood in or on your stool. It may be bright red. Lower GI bleeding often stops without treatment. Continued or heavy bleeding needs emergency treatment at the hospital. WHAT ARE THE CAUSES? Lower GI bleeding may be caused by: • A condition
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hypertension and chronic renal failure‚ which may have factored in his cause of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) after undertaking is aortic valve replacement. The case study states that Staphylococcus‚ a bacterium that is normally found in the gastrointestinal tract and is one of the common bacteria in most UTI‚ was isolated from the patient’s blood cultures. It is also common that a bladder infection is a symptom of any underlying disorder‚ such as the patient’s history of hypertension and chronic
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or distended abdomen‚ and increased blood pressure. Chronic pancreatitis is a long-term condition of which the symptoms can come and go throughout the remainder of the patient’s lifetime. Freedman (2009) states‚ “patients with chronic calcifying disease‚ particularly those who develop early
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