HEMATOLOGY REVIEWER ANEMIA Anemia: decrease in the number of RBCs‚ Hb content‚ or Hct content below the lower limit of the normal range for the age and sex of the individual Pediatric Anemia A. Hemolytic Anemia: there is premature destruction of RBCs 1. Hereditary Spherocytosis: most common inherited abnormality of RBC membrane; defect in ankyrin‚ band 3 or spectrin proteins surface area deficiency leading to spherocytosis 2. Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency: defect in PKLR gene PK cannot convert phosphoenolpyruvate
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Maternity Test 2 A woman who is pregnant for the third time is referred to as a: Multigravida A woman who is 8 weeks pregnant has a daughter age 5 and a son age 2. Previously‚ she had a spontaneous abortion at 12 weeks’ gestation. Therefore‚ she is gravida _4____‚ para ___2__. A woman’s last normal menstrual period began July 4. Using Nägele’s rule‚ what would be her estimated date of delivery? April 11 A woman comes to the physician’s office because she has missed a menstrual period
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1. INTRODUCTION A. HISTORY OF VIRUS 1. AFRICA‚ ZAIRE 2. 1970 B. SYMPTOMS AND AFFECTS 1. BLEEDING‚ HEMORRHAGING 2. DEATH W/IN 20 DAYS C. CURES 1. NONE KNOWN D. INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS 2. HISTORY OF VIRUS A. WHERE IT STARTED 1. SCIENTISTS B. HOW IT IS SPREAD 1. NON AIRBORNE 2. BODILY CONTACT C. WHERE IT EXISTS TODAY 3. SYMPTOMS AND EFFECTS A. SEVERE FEVER‚ ABDOMINAL PAIN 1. INSIDES "MELT" B. DEATH RATES
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risk factors for developing these plaques and events at this point poorly understood. Methods In a prospective study‚ 697 patients with acute coronary syndromes underwent three-vessel coronary angiography and gray-scale and radiofrequency intravascular ultrasonographic imaging after percutaneous coronary intervention. Subsequent major adverse cardiovascular events (death from cardiac causes‚ cardiac arrest‚ myocardial infarction‚ or rehospitalization due to unstable or progressive angina)
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molecules that tend to stay within the vascular space (blood vessels). Crystalloid solutions—IV fluids containing varying concentrations of electrolytes. D5W—See 5% dextrose in water. Extracellular space—Space outside the cells consisting of the intravascular and interstitial spaces. GRIDLINE SET IN 1ST-PP TO INDICATE SAFE AREA; TO BE REMOVED AFTER 1ST-PP BENNMC03_0131186116.qxd 3/9/05 18:24 Page 21 seema Seema-3:Desktop Folder:PQ731: EQA CHAPTER 3 Intravenous Fluid Selection 21 Hypertonic
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Temperature Management Market by Product (Surface & Intravascular Systems- Warming & Cooling)‚ Application (Acute & Perioperative Care‚ Delivery Suite) & by End User (Surgeon & Anesthesiologist‚ Nursing & Paramedical Staff) - Global Forecasts & Trends to 2019 Released On 15th October 2014 The global temperature management market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 2.4% from 2014 to 2019. Although mature markets such as the U.S.‚ Germany‚ and U.K. hold larger shares in the temperature management
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Name: Instructor: Course name: Date: Biohybrid devices. Biohybrid devices are implantable medical contraptions that undergo vascularization inside the body before the normal human cells (such as islet cells of Langerhans) can be placed inside them. They provide local immunosuppression that ensures that the normal human cells are not rejected by the host’s immune system or the graft versus host disease (Dorian). Biohybrid devices can be used to
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Cardiovascular System (Simplified) The cardiovascular system includes the heart and the blood vessels. The heart pumps blood‚ and the blood vessels channel and deliver it throughout the body. Arteries carry blood filled with nutrients away from the heart to all parts of the body. The blood is sometimes compared to a river‚ but the arteries are more like a river in reverse. Arteries are thick-walled tubes with a circular covering of yellow‚ elastic fibers‚ which contain a filling of muscle that absorbs
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Title of the paper: First case series of emerging Rickettsial neonatal sepsis identified by PCR based DNA sequencing ABSTRACT Purpose : To detect and identify the etiological agent in the peripheral blood from the cases of neonatal sepsis. Methods: Four neonates from geographically different regions of South India presented with signs of neonatal sepsis and all the routine clinical and laboratory investigations were performed. Blood culture by Bac T Alert
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Running Head: FLAVIVIRUS 1 ` Flavivirus Trey Burke Grosse Pointe North High School Running Head: FLAVIVIRUS 2 Abstract There are many diseases that flood our world today. One disease in particular that has been here since early exploration has left many dead and that is the yellow fever virus. Once yellow fever enters your system its like a bull ride. Once you get on you better hold on for dear life because surviving yellow fever is a rough road to endure
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