Juvenile Diabetes (Type 1 Diabetes) March 17‚ 2013 Diabetes was first discovered as far back as 6th century BC by an Indian physician Sushruta. He recognized that people showing certain symptoms all had sweet urine. He called this condition Madhumeha. In 1869 a young medical student in Berlin named Paul Langerhans was interested in learning about the structure of the pancreas. He discovered there were clumps of tissue clustered in the pancreas. Langerhans never learned the function of this tissue
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Medicine can involve art‚ science‚ or both. It has existed for thousands of years‚ during most of which it was an art (an area of skill and knowledge) that frequently had connections to the religious and philosophical beliefs of each culture. For example‚ a medicine man would apply herbs and say prayers for healing‚ or an ancient philosopher and physician would apply bloodletting according to the theories of humorism. In recent centuries‚ since the advent of science‚ most medicine has become a combination
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GOOD SAMARITAN COLLEGES-COLLEGE OF ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS ____________________________________________________________________________________ Effectivity of Guyabano (Annona muricata Linn) Leaf Extract in Hyperglycemic Induced Experimental Albino Mice (Mus musculus) An undergraduate thesis Presented to The Faculty of the College of Allied Health Professions Good Samaritan Colleges Cabanatuan City ________________________________________________ In partial fulfillment of the
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A Differential Diagnosis Mnemonics Handbook - and the Parts of the Medical History By Allan Platt‚ PA-C‚ MMSc Mnemonics are memory tools to help in the memorization of long lists. These differential diagnosis and medical history mnemonics are intended to aid memorization. These mnemonics are not all inclusive and should be used in conjunction with standard textbooks of medical diagnosis and differential diagnosis. The electronic text in PDF or word has hyperlinks to navigate. Index Acute Abdominal
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and laboratory or test results. This information is vital and essential before continuing through the remaining four phases of the Nursing Process and establishing an effective plan of care. For example‚ while obtaining a medical history from a Ketoacidosis patient‚ the nurse discovers the patient has had no formal teaching regarding the disease and a lack of financial resources. During the diagnosis phase‚ the RN is able to elaborate beyond the obvious clinical diagnosis determined by the physician
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POST1 Mucormysis is a rare but highly aggressive and a fatal infection that affects immunocompromised patients. Mucormycosis infections have increasingly become very common. The survival of such infections is also very poor. Iron metabolism plays a very important role in regulating mucor infections. Deferoxamine predisposes patients to mucormycosisby supplying the fungus containing iron.From these findings‚ it is possible to treat the infection by using iron chelator as long as the chelator does
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GLIPIZIDE EXTENDED RELEASE TABLETS FOR ORAL USE DESCRIPTION Glipizide is an oral blood-glucose-lowering drug of the sulfonylurea class. The Chemical Abstracts name of glipizide is 1-cyclohexyl-3-[[p-[2-(5methylpyrazinecarboxamido)ethyl] phenyl]sulfonyl]urea. The molecular formula is C21H27N5O4S; the molecular weight is 445.55; the structural formula is shown below: N HC 3 N CONHCH2CH2 SO NHCONH 2 Glipizide is a whitish‚ odorless powder with a pKa of 5.9. It is insoluble in water and
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There are four things that are when ingested‚ are known to cause metabolic acidosis: methanol‚ ethylene glycol‚ L- or D-lactate acidosis‚ or ketoacidosis (from diabetes mellitus‚ alcohol‚ or starvation). Doctors found that she did not ingest any of these things‚ but discovered high levels of beta hydroxy acids and keto acids which is usually found in ketoacidosis. Her liver was producing too many ketones because her liver detected a severe decrease in insulin characteristic to starvation. The Atkins
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1.How should the nurse record Amanda’s obstetrical history using the G-T-P-A-L designation? A) 3-2-0-1-3.INCORRECTThis does not reflect the client’s obstetrical history. B) 3-1-1-1-2.INCORRECTThis does not reflect the client’s obstetrical history. C) 4-1-1-1-3.CORRECTGravidity [G] is defined as the number of times pregnant‚ including the current pregnancy. Term [T] is defined as any birth after the end of the 37th week‚ and preterm [P] refers to any births between 20 and 37 weeks. Both term and preterm
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Task 2 SUBDOMAIN 734.3 - ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS & QUALITY LEADERSHIP. Competency 734.3.4: Healthcare Utilization and Finance A1-Which costs will be covered by Medicare Part A? Medicare Part A is otherwise called the Hospital Insurance and covers up to 100 days of the Skilled Nursing Facility stay. To be qualified for it the patient first has to have been hospitalized for more than 3 days in a hospital (qualifying hospital stay) so the stay in it would not be considered outpatient. After the hospital
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