can occur through the means of a natural disaster‚ acts of war‚ traffic collisions‚ as well as industrial accidents. Crush syndrome differs from a crush injury depending on the longevity of the prolonged and continuous pressure on the muscles and limbs. It is characterized by hypovolemic shock‚ which is an emergency condition in which severe blood and fluid loss make the heart unable to pump enough blood to the body. Crush syndrome is also characterized by hyperkalemia‚ acute renal failure and muscle
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A CASE OF LIMB-GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY FOR TOTAL THYROIDECTOMY: ANAESTHETIC MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) refers to a genetically heterogeneous group of muscular dystrophies that present with weakness mainly involving the shoulder and hip girdles.1 LGMD has a predominantly proximal distribution of weakness which early in the course of the disease spares distal‚ facial‚ & extra ocular muscles. Most childhood onset cases have a pelvifemoral distribution
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The Artificial Heart The artificial heart is an extra pumping chamber that can pump blood throughout the body. The heart is a muscular pump that maintains oxygen and blood circulation through the lungs and body. Our heart pumps about 2‚000 gallons of blood throughout the day. An adult’s heart pumps blood at a rate of 60 to 100 beats per minute. The heart has two stages‚ in the first stage the left and right Atria contract at the same time pumping blood through the left and right ventricle. In the
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There are several different types of sugar substitutes commonly used. Artificial sweeteners are typically synthetic meaning they are made in a laboratory and non-nutritive‚ which means they don’t contain calories and don’t supply your body with energy‚ vitamins‚ or anything beneficial to your body. A teaspoon of sugar contains about 16 calories‚ so people trying to maintain or lose weight often turn to artificial sweeteners to satisfy their sweet tooth. Sugar alcohols‚ such as sorbitol‚ maltitol
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TITLE: Advanced Cervico-Thoracic & Shoulder Interventions for Upper Limb Symptoms Content Level - Educational Session Preconfrence Course: Advanced DESCRIPTION: According to evidence‚ experts appear able to maximize outcome with lesser visit counts. This session aims to accelerate your path to expert practice of scientifically enhancing precise movement of the cervicothoracic- shoulder regions to clear their contribution in upper limb symptoms. Systematic reviews suggest that efficient utilization of
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Stroke is the sudden death of brain cells due to lack of oxygen which is caused by blockage of blood flow or rupture of an artery in the brain. The most common symptoms are weakness or numbness of muscles of face‚ upper extremities and lower extremities on one side of the body. Loss of speech‚ difficulty in speaking‚ loss of balance‚ unable to stand or walk are usually combined with the symptoms. Hemiplegia of the upper extremity is the major cause responsible for the restriction of activities of
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Artificial sugars good or bad? The use of artificial sweeteners has both positive and negative effects on your body‚ some learn the hard way while others catch on before its to late. My mom got lucky that her thyroid doctor had warned her about the artificial sweeteners messing with her thyroids. After finding this out she spread the word like wild fire. My family and I did countless hours of research on other effects of artificial sweeteners‚ we found it “(causes) cancer of the bladder‚ uterus
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Carol Sheriff’s The Artificial River The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress‚ 1817-1862 APUS‚ Section 4
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In the article “Scientists Create Artificial Womb That Could Help Prematurely Born Babies” by Rob Stein‚ the author informs the reader of a new scientific invention that mocks a womb and how it could potentially save prematurely born infants. Currently‚ the artificial womb has only been tested on‚ so far‚ eight underdeveloped animals‚ mostly lambs. Reports on previous and current experiments state that the device only allows the infants to develop “naturally” for around a month. A surgeon from the
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ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING lecture notes Dr. Habil. András Majoros Figures‚ images and tables by Levente Filetóth Budapest University of Technology and Economics Faculty of Architecture Department of Building Energetics and Services www.egt.bme.hu 2011. Prof. András Majoros: Artificial Lighting – www.egt.bme.hu 1. LIGHTING AND THE VISUAL ENVIRONMENT THE COMPONENTS OF THE VISUAL ENVIRONMENT The goal of lighting is to make the environment visible‚ the visual environment is a visible environment. The
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