empirically treated for spinal gout and review of relevant literature. that presented with lower extremity weakness Results: A 77 year old male presented with new onset paraparesis that developed over 3 days. CT and MRI imaging was suggestive of spinal gout but patient refused a spinal biopsy. He was empirically treated with high dose steroids and his lower extremity weakness started improving in 3 days. Conclusion: Although gout is common‚ spinal gout is extremely rare. ….. Keywords: Spinal gout‚ paraparesis
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Defining Marketing We can distinguish between a social and a managerial definition for marketing. According to a social definition‚ marketing is a societal process by which individuals and groups obtain what they need and want through creating‚ offering‚ and exchanging products and services of value freely with others. As a managerial definition‚ marketing has often been described as “the art of selling products.” But Peter Drucker‚ a leading management theorist‚ says that “the aim of marketing
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1. Define Risk Risk is the potential of losing something of value. Values (such as physical health‚ social status‚ emotional well being or financial wealth) can be gained or lost when taking risk resulting from a given action‚ activity and/or inaction‚ foreseen or unforeseen. Risk can also be defined as the intentional interaction with uncertainty. Risk perception is the subjective judgment people make about the severity and/or probability of a risk‚ and may vary person to person. Any human endeavor
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responses and Psychological responses common to sports injuries. Injury one: Sprained knee Treatment that should be done immediately: Treatment that is done immediately can be critical for the healing process of the injury and long-term damage of the injury. Firstly the treatment must be initially diagnosed and found out how the injury was caused‚ this is very important to know what treatment to use on the injury. For the likes of a sprained knee injury it is very important not to put any pressure on
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Spinal Missions is a non-profit organization of chiropractic medical doctors‚ students‚ and others that have a very strong desire to help people of poor countries in handling health care issues. Dr. Shannon Darrow‚ the fortuitous founder of Spinal Missions has been very lucky to have traveled worldwide as a child‚ a student‚ in business and philanthropically. One thing that has always astonished him is the innocence and joyfulness that dwell inside kids even in very poor or unclean conditions. In
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took me and connected me to a ventilator. This was a scary moment in time for my parents but me I was fighting for my life. Keeping me going was the gift of blood transfusions from my father and uncle. A spinal tap is a procedure to collect and look at the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. This procedure was conducted on me. The doctors were trying to put together the pieces of what disease or infection it was that I was so aggressively fighting. I was able to survive the infections I had
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Kristen Erdiakoff ERDIAKOFF1 English. 100 December 3rd‚ 2012 My Dance Injury Dancing‚ primarily ballet‚ has been the main focus of my childhood (from age three and beyond)‚ as well as early teen life. In many ways‚ it is what defines me; how I see myself as well as describe myself. But‚ My ballet career was forever altered when‚ in 2008‚ I did a lunge in a primary class with the Artistic Director at the San Francisco School of Ballet and landed ever so gracefully which
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How do you define dystopia? What about utopia? Many people don’t know the difference between the two‚ because the line can be very thin. Hopefully‚ this article will help you discover the specifics of each. The key differences between dystopian and utopian fiction can be found in how the story is constructed and told. Dystopia usually presents a story told out of despair. Utopia presents the "prime directive"‚ so to speak‚ of a message of hope and occasionally‚ overwhelming so. Dystopia normally
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that is on their mind is becoming the fastest or strongest athlete‚ and that’s not going to change anytime soon. Sport injuries have increased rapidly since previous years‚ and it is currently a major part of many athletes’ lives today. Long ago‚ there were less people‚ specifically‚ athletes going to hospitals and going to see physical therapists for injuries. Now days‚ not only are teenage athletes going to hospitals and physical therapists‚ but children are going as well. In the article
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Defining Crime Crime Is usually defined as whether the law has been broken which may lead to a punishment by the legal system however crime is hard to define because if the law or penal system did not exist than neither would the labelling of a behaviour or act as criminal or not. The legal system defines acts as criminal if a person has broken the law either by “actus reus” (guilty act)‚ when a criminal act has occurred or “mens rea” (guilty mind) when a person had the intention of carrying
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