GI and Diabetes Exam Study Guide Tube Feeding – (enteral nutrition) refers to the administration of a nutritional balanced liquefied food or formula through a tube inserted into the stomach‚ duodenum‚ jejunum. It is used to provide nutrients via the GI tract either alone or as a supplement to oral or parenteral nutrition. - Nasogastric (NG) Tube – is most commonly used for short-term feeding problems. Other means of feeding are; esophagostomy‚ gastrostomy or jejunostomy. Transpyloric tube placement
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20 The Heart PowerPoint® Lecture Presentations prepared by Jason LaPres Lone Star College—North Harris © 2012 Pearson Education‚ Inc. An Introduction to the Cardiovascular System • Learning Outcomes • 20-1 Describe the anatomy of the heart‚ including vascular supply and pericardium structure‚ and trace the flow of blood through the heart‚ identifying the major blood vessels‚ chambers‚ and heart valves. • 20-2 Explain the events of an action potential in cardiac muscle‚ indicate the
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Stefan Stremersch & Walter Van Dyck Marketing of the Life Sciences: A New Framework and Research Agenda for a Nascent Field Although marketing scholars often seek to contribute new knowledge that is applicable across industries‚ some industries have unique characteristics that require industry-specific knowledge development. The authors argue that this requirement applies to the life sciences industry‚ defined as companies in pharmaceuticals‚ biotechnology‚ and therapeutic medical devices. Marketers
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What does foreign direct investment really mean to Irish economy? Dawn side of MI! We want to dig a little big dipper in the foreign investment. ! ! Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)! Contribution of FDI to Irish economy! ¬ Contribution of the MNC’s to the Irish economy can be easily exaggerated by failing to take account of the high level of imports (including patents‚ royalties and other intangible inputs) and the very high level of repatriated profits.! The impact can be exaggerated and
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A STUDY ON INDIAN HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The report is based on healthcare industry and deals with the analysis of the industry on various parameters. It gives an overview of the industry and goes on to test the healthcare industry further in the subsequent chapters. The focus of the report is getting an over view of the health services market‚ its policy framework‚ the business models of the hospital and technological developments in the healthcare sector. The report also compares
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I. What Business Are We In? II. Where Are We Now? External Assessment Trend Analysis Economic Factors U.S GDP One of the main economic factors that would affect JNJ is GDP. As shown above GDP in the United States is decreasing meaning resources will be limited and there will be a much needed increase in cash flows for competitive advantage. GDP’s in others countries are increasing giving JNJ more opportunities to expand to more markets around the world to increase their market share
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Financial Analysis on Smrt 1. COMPANY BACKGROUND SMRT Corporation Ltd ("SMRT") is incorporated on 6 March 2000 and listed on the Singapore Exchange since 26 July 2000. It is the second largest multi-modal public transport service provider in Singapore‚ offering a range of integrated transport services‚ as well as the leasing of commercial and advertising spaces‚ engineering consultancy and project management services. SMRT operates two out of the three MRT lines in Singapore (81
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100 CASES in Surgery This page intentionally left blank 100 CASES in Surgery James A Gossage MBBS BSc MRCS Specialist Registrar in General Surgery Bijan Modarai MBBS BSc PhD MRCS Specialist Registrar in General Surgery Arun Sahai MBBS BSc MRCS Specialist Registrar in Urology Richard Worth MBBS BSc MRCS Orthopaedic Research Fellow Volume Editor: Kevin G Burnand MS FRCS Professor of Vascular Surgery‚ Academic Department of Surgery‚ King’s College
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0314 Biofilms in Chronic Wounds: Current Research and Future Direction ABSTRACT Chronic wounds continue to be a significant healthcare problem. Although myriad factors have been implicated in impaired wound healing‚ recent research has focused on the role of matrix-based bacterial communities called biofilms that are often associated with chronic wounds. Various in vitro and in vivo models have been developed to study the role of biofilms in non-healing wounds. Basic science and clinical
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